U-589
Type | VIIC | |||
| Ordered | 16 Jan, 1940 | |||
| Laid down | 31 Oct, 1940 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 565) | ||
| Launched | 6 Aug, 1941 | |||
| Commissioned | 25 Sep, 1941 | Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Horrer | ||
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| Career | 8 patrols | 25 Sep, 1941 - 1 Feb, 1942 6. Flottille (training) 1 Feb, 1942 - 30 Jun, 1942 6. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jul, 1942 - 14 Sep, 1942 11. Flottille (front boat) | ||
| Successes | 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 417 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 2.847 GRT | |||
| Fate | Sunk 14 Sept, 1942 in the Arctic Ocean south-west of Spitzbergen, in position 75.40N, 20.32E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Onslow, and depth charges from a Swordfish aircraft of the British escort carrier HMS Avenger (Sqdn 825). 44 dead (all hands lost). | |||
See the 2 ships hit by U-589 - View the 8 war patrols
General notes on this boat
On 13 Sept, 1942 U-589 rescued four Luftwaffe airmen in the Arctic. She did not have the chance to bring them to shore as she was herself sunk the very next day.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-589 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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Books dealing with this subject include: German U-Boat Losses During World War II, Niestle, Axel, 1998 Running the Gauntlet, Pearce, Frank, 1989 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 1, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 U-Boat Operations of the Second World War - Vol 2, Wynn, Kenneth, 1998 |