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| Shipyard | Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 33) |
| Ordered | 23 Jun 1915 | Laid down | 15 Dec 1915 |
| Launched | 6 Oct 1916 | Commissioned | 21 Jun 1917 |
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| Career | 3 patrols |
6 Sep 1917 - 12 Feb 1918 III Flotilla
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| Successes | 4 ships sunk with a total of 8,496 tons.
1 ship damaged with a total of 324 tons. |
| Fate | 12 Feb 1918 - Rammed N of Malin Head by HMS Roxburgh and sunk at 5538N 0732W. 43 dead (all hands lost).
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| The wreck of U 89 has been photographed by Jim Tierney of 10barpics.com (See http://www.10barpics.com/u-89.htm) |
See the 5 ships hit by U 89
There was another U 89 in World War Two
That boat was launched from its shipyard on 20 Sep 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 19 Nov 1941. Take a look at the U 89 from WWII. |
