U 89 (Navy)

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U 89 (Kriegsmarine)
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Type : VII C
Field Post Number : M 41 005
Shipyard: Flender-Werke , Lübeck
Construction contract: January 25, 1939
Build number: 293
Keel laying: 20th August 1940
Launch: September 20, 1941
Commissioning: November 19, 1941
Commanders:

November 19, 1941 - May 12, 1943
Corvette Captain Dietrich Lohmann

Calls: 4 activities
Sinkings:

4 ships (13,815 GRT)

Whereabouts: sunk in the North Atlantic on May 12, 1943

U 89 was a German submarine of type VIIC that in World War II by the German Navy was used.

history

The order for the boat was awarded to Flender-Werke in Lübeck on January 25, 1939 . The keel was laid on August 20, 1940, the launch on September 20, 1941, and commissioning under Lieutenant Dietrich Lohmann finally took place on November 19, 1941.

After its commissioning on November 19, 1941, the boat belonged to the 8th U-Flotilla in Königsberg and Danzig until April 30, 1942 . After training, it came from May 1, 1942 to its sinking on May 12, 1943 as a front boat for the 9th U-Flotilla to Brest .

Use statistics

Commander Dietrich Lohmann completed four operations with U 89 during his period of service, on which he sank four ships with a total tonnage of 13,815 GRT .

Transfer trip

The boat left Kiel on May 14, 1942 at 7:02 a.m. and entered Brest on May 27, 1942 at 9:05 a.m. U 89 entered Kristiansand on May 15, 1942 to supplement it and left again on the same day. No ships were sunk or damaged on this 14-day and approximately 2,300 nm above and 51 nm underwater undertaking to transfer the boat to France .

First venture

The boat left Brest on June 6, 1942 at 10 p.m. and returned there on August 21, 1942 at 7.28 p.m. It was supplied with provisions and 44 m³ of fuel from U 460 on June 19-21, 1942 . On this 77-day undertaking, on which the boat covered 10,052.5 nm above and 704.8 nm under water in the North Atlantic , West Atlantic , on the east coast of the USA and southeast of Nova Scotia , Commander Lohmann sank a fishing cutter with 54 GRT. On this venture, U 89 belonged to the “Endrass” submarine group, which was named after the submarine commander Engelbert Endrass, who had recently fallen and was supposed to seek combat with allied convoys according to the pack tactics developed by Karl Dönitz .

  • July 25, 1942: sinking of the Canadian motor fishing cutter Lucille M ( Lage ) with 54 GRT. The cutter was sunk by 35 rounds of artillery . He came from Yarmouth and was going fishing. There were no casualties, eleven survivors.

incident

On August 16, 1942, a Liberator B Mk I (AM917), belonging to 15 Group (Coastal Command) 120 / F of the Royal Air Force , attacked and damaged U 89 .

Second venture

The boat left Brest on October 4, 1942 at 6.15 p.m. and returned there on November 19, 1942 at 1 p.m. It was supplied with 22 m³ of fuel by U 117 on November 12, 1942 . On this mission, which lasted 46 days, U 89 covered around 7,950 nm above and 410 nm under water and patrolled the North Atlantic and east of Newfoundland . Commander Lohmann sank two ships with 9,949 GRT. U 89 belonged to two submarine groups with the cover names "Panther" and "Veilchen".

  • November 3, 1942: sinking of the British steamer Jeypore ( Lage ) with 5,318 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a torpedo. He had loaded 6,200 tons of general cargo and ammunition and was on the way to Hull . The ship belonged to convoy SC 107 with 42 ships. There was one dead and 80 survivors.
  • November 4, 1942: sinking of the British steamer Daleby ( Lage ) with 4,640 GRT. The steamer was sunk by two torpedoes. He had loaded 8,500 tons of grain , tanks and truck parts and was on his way from Halifax to London . The ship belonged to convoy SC-107. There were no casualties, 49 survivors.

Third company

The boat was on January 24, 1943 at 15:00 from Brest and ran at 13.10 in the March 28, 1943 La Pallice one. It was supplied with 45 m³ of fuel by U 460 on February 16, 1943 and 23 m³ of fuel and provisions by U 463 on March 19, 1943 . On this 64-day trip, the boat covered 7,370 nm above and 510 nm under water. The boat patrolled the North Atlantic, southwest of Iceland and northeast of Newfoundland. No ships were sunk or damaged in the process. U 89 belonged to the submarine groups with the cover names "Pfeil", "Neptun" and "Wildfang".

Fourth venture

HMS Broadway (formerly US Navy) sunk U 89

The boat left La Pallice on April 25, 1943 at 5:25 p.m. and was sunk on May 12, 1943. At this time, the submarine war was in its fourth phase , in which after the Allies had gained air sovereignty in the North Atlantic, 43 German submarines were sunk in May 1943 alone. On this 17 day trip to the North Atlantic and west of Spain , a ship with 3,803 GRT was sunk. U 89 belonged to the submarine group with the code name "Drossel".

  • May 7, 1943: sinking of the Greek steamer Laconikos ( Lage ) with 3,803 GRT. The steamer was sunk by a torpedo. He had loaded 5,200 t of manganese ore and was on the way from Takoradi and Freetown to Ardrossan . The ship belonged to convoy SL 128 . There were 23 dead and 11 survivors.

Whereabouts

On May 12, 1943, U 89 was sunk in the North Atlantic by depth charges and hedgehog from the British destroyer HMS Broadway and the British frigate HMS Lagan at position 46 ° 30 ′  N , 25 ° 40 ′  W in naval grid reference BD 6688. All 48 crew members were killed.

U 89 did not lose any crew members during its service life before the sinking.

literature

  • Rainer Busch / Hans-Joachim Röll: Der U-Boot-Krieg, Volume 1: The German U-Boot-Kommandanten , Verlag Mittler & Sohn Hamburg-Berlin-Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-8132-0490-1
  • Rainer Busch / Hans-Joachim Röll: Der U-Boot-Krieg, Volume 2: The U-Boot-Bau on German shipyards , Verlag Mittler & Sohn Hamburg-Berlin-Bonn 1997, ISBN 3-8132-0512-6
  • Rainer Busch / Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War, Volume 3: German U-Boat Successes from September 1939 to May 1945 , Verlag Mittler & Sohn Hamburg-Berlin-Bonn, ISBN 3-8132-0513-4
  • Rainer Busch / Hans-Joachim Röll: The U-Boat War, Volume 4: German U-Boat Losses from September 1939 to May 1945 , Verlag Mittler & Sohn Hamburg-Berlin-Bonn, ISBN 3-8132-0514-2
  • Rainer Busch / Hans-Joachim Röll: The submarine war, Volume 5: The knight's cross bearers of the submarine weapon from September 1939 to May 1945 , Verlag Mittler & Sohn, ISBN 3-8132-0515-0
  • Clay Blair : The U-Boat War, Volume 1: Die Jäger 1939–1942 Wilhelm Heyne Verlag Munich 1998, ISBN 3-453-12345-X
  • Clay Blair: The U-Boat War, Volume 2: The Hunted 1942-1945 Wilhelm Heyne Verlag Munich 1996, ISBN 3-453-16059-2
  • Erich Gröner : The merchant fleets of the world 1942 and supplement 1944 , JF Lehmanns Verlag Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00552-4
  • Erich Gröner: Search list for ship names , JF Lehmanns Verlag Munich 1976, ISBN 3-469-00553-2
  • Paul Kemp: The German and Austrian submarine losses in both world wars . Urbes Verlag Hans Jürgen Hansen, Graefelfing before Munich 1998, ISBN 3-924896-43-7

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