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U-589

Type

VIIC

 
Ordered16 Jan, 1940
Laid down 31 Oct, 1940 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 565)
Launched6 Aug, 1941
Commissioned25 Sep, 1941Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Horrer
Commanders
25 Sep, 1941 - 14 Sep, 1942  KrvKpt. Hans-Joachim Horrer
Career8 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)
Successes1 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.



German U-Boat Losses During World War II

Niestle, Axel

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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