German submarine U-389

German submarine U-389 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She carried out one patrol. She did not sink or damage any ships.

She was sunk by a British aircraft southwest of Iceland in October 1943.

Service history
The submarine was laid down on 3 December 1941 at the Howaldtswerke (yard) at Flensburg as 'werk' 20, launched on 19 December 1942 and commissioned on 6 February 1942 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Siegfried Heilmann.

The boat was a member of one wolfpack.

She served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 6 February 1943 and the 9th flotilla from 1 August of the same year.

Patrol and loss
After moving briefly between Kiel, Bergen and Trondheim, U-389 set-off from the latter on 18 September 1943. Passing through the 'gap' that separates Iceland and the Faroe Islands, she was attacked and sunk by depth charges dropped from a British Liberator of No. 120 Squadron RAF.

50 men died in the U-boat; there were no survivors.

Previously recorded fate
U-389 was noted as sunk on 5 October 1943 southwest of Iceland in the Denmark Strait by a Lockheed Hudson of 269 Squadron. This attack accounted for U-336.