WWI U-boats
U 89
| Type | U 87 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
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| Successes | 4 ships sunk with a total of 8,496 tons. 1 ship damaged with a total of 324 tons. (View ships hit by U 89) | ||||||
| Fate | 12 Feb 1918 - Rammed and sunk N of Malin Head by HMS Roxburgh at 55°38'N 7°32'W. 43 dead (all hands lost). | ||||||
The wreck of U 89 has been photographed by Jim Tierney of 10barpics.com (See https://xray-mag.com/content/u89-exploring-u-boats-ireland). The casualties include Bulgarian midshipman Mikhail Michoff, who was serving on board.
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 U 89 from WWII.