Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
| Ordered | 25 May 1941 | |||||||||||||
| Laid down | 17 Oct 1942 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg (werk 189) | ||||||||||||
| Launched | 16 Jun 1943 | |||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 22 Jul 1943 | Oblt. Hardo Rodler von Roithberg | ||||||||||||
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| Career 5 patrols |
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| Successes | 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 1,791 GRT 1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,176 GRT | |||||||||||||
| Fate | Sunk 14 Feb, 1945 in the Northern Sea at the Faeroe Islands, in position 61.36N, 01.35W by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Bayntun, HMS Bratwaite, HMS Loch Eck and HMS Loch Dunvegan. 47 dead (all hands lost). | |||||||||||||
Wolfpack operations
U-989 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Stürmer (26 Jan 1944 - 3 Feb 1944)
Igel 1 (3 Feb 1944 - 17 Feb 1944)
Hai 1 (17 Feb 1944 - 22 Feb 1944)
Attacks on this boat
7 Jun 1944
A British Leigh-light equipped Wellington aircraft (Sqdn 179, pilot W. J. Hill) attacked the boat causing damage. A B-24 Liberator and flight of Mosquito aircraft also took place in the attacks which wounded the U-boat commander and forced the boat to return to base. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 583)
1 recorded attack on this boat.
General notes on this boat
14 Feb 1945. When U-989 was sunk 2 men managed to escape from the boat. They both died reaching the surface, presumably from escaping the boat too deep. One of the men was the commander, von Roithberg. He died on his 27th birthday.
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus in October 1944. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-989 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
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