U-289
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 5 Jun 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 12 Sep 1942 | Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 54) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 25 May 1943 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 10 Jul 1943 | Kptlt. Alexander Hellwig | ||||||||||||
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| Career 2 patrols |
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| Successes | No ships sunk or damaged | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 31 May, 1944 in the Barents Sea south-west of Bear Island, Norway, in position 73.32N, 00.28E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Milne. 51 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||||
General notes on this boat
25 Apr 1944. On 25 April, 1944 this boat landed espionage agents Sverrir Matthiasson and Magnus Guðbjörnsson in Iceland.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-289 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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