SM U-89

For other ships of the same name, see German submarine U-89.
Career (German Empire)
Name: U-89
Ordered: 23 June 1915
Builder: Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Yard number: Werk 33
Laid down: 15 December 1915
Launched: 6 October 1916
Commissioned: 21 June 1917
Fate: Rammed and sunk 12 February 1918
General characteristics
Class and type:German Type U 87 submarine
Displacement:808 tons surfaced
946 tons submerged
1160 tons (total)
Length:70.60 m (overall)
55.55 m (pressure hull)
Beam:6.30 m (overall)
4.15 m (pressure hull)
Draught:4.02 m
Propulsion:2400 hp surfaced
1200 hp submerged
Speed:16.8 knots surfaced
9.1 knots submerged
Range:11,220 miles surfaced 56 miles submerged
Complement:39 men
Armament:16 torpedoes (4/2 in bow/stern tubes)
105mm deck gun with 220 rounds
88mm deck gun
Service record
Part of: Imperial German Navy:
III Flotilla
6 Sep 1917 - 12 Feb 1918
Commanders: Kptlt August Mildenberger[1]
21 Jun 1917 - 15 Jan 1918
Kptlt Wilhelm Bauck[2]
16 Jan 1918 - 12 Feb 1918
Operations: 3 patrols
Victories: 4 merchant ships sunk (8,496 gross register tons (GRT))
1 ship damaged (324 GRT)

SM U-89 was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. U-89 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic.[3] On 12 February 1918 the U-89 was rammed and sunk by HMS Roxburgh off Malin Head. There were no survivors.

Summary of Raiding Career

Date Name Nationality Tonnage
(GRT)		 Fate[4]
2 October 1917 Trafaria  Portugal 1,744 Sunk
3 October 1917 Baron Blantyre  United Kingdom 1,844 Sunk
6 October 1917 Victorine  France 1,241 Sunk
12 December 1917 Reine D'arvor  France 324 Damaged
21 December 1917 Boa Vista  Portugal 3,667 Sunk

References

  1. ↑ "August Mildenberger". uboat.net. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Wilhelm Bauck". uboat.net. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "U-89". Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "SM U-89 successes". UBoat.net. Retrieved 21 January 2015.