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 | 7 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 7 war patrols
General notes on this boat
13 Sep 1942. 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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