| German submarine U-289 | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | U-289 |
| Ordered: | 5 June 1941 |
| Builder: | Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack |
| Yard number: | 54 |
| Laid down: | 12 September 1942 |
| Launched: | 25 May 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 10 July 1943 |
| Fate: | Sunk, May 1944 by a British warship[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Type VIIC submarine |
| Displacement: |
769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
| Length: |
67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: |
6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Draft: | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 × supercharged Germaniawerft 6-cylinder 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesel engines, totalling 2,800–3,200 bhp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 2 × electric motors, totalling 750 shp (560 kW) and max rpm: 296. |
| Speed: |
17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged |
| Range: |
15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: |
230 m (750 ft) Crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44–52 officers and ratings |
| Armament: |
• 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (four bow, one stern) • 14 × G7e torpedoes or 26 TMA mines • 1 × C35 88mm gun/L45 deck gun (220 rounds) • Various AA guns |
| Service record[2][3] | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
8th U-boat Flotilla (10 July 1943–31 March 1944) 3rd U-boat Flotilla (1 April–1 May 1944) 13th U-boat Flotilla (1 May–31 May 1944) |
| Commanders: |
Kptlt. Alexander Hellwig (10 July 1943–31 May 1944) |
| Operations: |
Two patrols: 19 April–6 May 1944 12 May–31 May 1944 |
| Victories: | None |
German submarine U-289 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.
The submarine was laid down on 12 September 1942 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as 'werk' 54. She was launched on 25 May 1943 and commissioned on 10 July under the command of Kapitänleutnant Alexander Hellwig.[2]
She did not sink or damage any ships.
She was sunk by a British destroyer in May 1944.
Service history[]
U-289 served with the 8th U-boat Flotilla for training from July 1943 to March 1944 and operationally with the 3rd flotilla from 1 April. She was reassigned to the 13th flotilla in early May 1944.
1st patrol[]
The boat's initial foray, which was preceded by a short voyage from Kiel to Bergen in Norway, began with her departure from the Nordic port on 19 April 1944 and finished at Narvik on 6 May.
2nd patrol and loss[]
She departed Narvik on 12 May 1944. On the 31st she was sunk by depth charges dropped by the British destroyer HMS Milne northeast of Jan Mayen Island.[4]
Fifty-one men died; there were no survivors.
See also[]
References[]
- Notes
- ↑ Kemp, Paul: U-Boats Destroyed - German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, 1997, Arms & Armour, ISBN 1-85409-515-3, p. 193.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Type VIIC boat U-289 - German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/boats/u289.htm. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ↑ "War Patrols by German U-boat U-289 - Boats - uboat.net". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/boats/patrols/u289.html. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ↑ Kemp, p. 193.
- Bibliography
External links[]
- U-289 at u-boot-archiv.de (German)
Coordinates: 73°32′N 0°28′E / 73.533°N 0.467°E
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