| Built By: | Armstrong Whitworth (Tyne) |
| Build Group: | W Group 2 |
| Fate: | To Italy 23rd August 1916 |
| Displacement | (surface) 324 tons |
| (submerged) 496 tons | |
| Length | 45.6 m |
| Breadth | 5.1 m |
| Draught/Height | 2.8 m |
| Machinery | 8 cylinder diesels 710hp |
| 2 Electric Motors 480hp. Two shafts. | |
| Speed | (surface) 13 kts |
| (submerged) 8.5 kts | |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch tubes (bow). |
| 4 x 18 inch in external drop collars. | |
| Reloads: 2. | |
| Range | (surface) 2,500 nm at 9 kts |
| Complement | 18 |
U-889 was a type IXC U-Boat which spent some months in Canadian hands after the german surrender in 1945, before being handed over to the US Navy the following year. She was examined in minute detail and the results have survived, giving a unique account of the layout and equipment of a U-Boat
Sea Wolves is the story of the crews who bravely manned British submarines in the Second World War. This small band of highly trained and highly skilled individuals fought in the front line for six long years, undertaking some of the most dangerous missions of the war.
Britain's Sea Wolves operated close to shore in mined waters, attacking warships and heavily guarded convoys. But in the course of these vital operations, the submariners suffered devastating casualties.
This is the vivid, thrilling story of the survivors and their promising young comrades who fought with such courage, in the face of the sickening terror of depth-charge attacks and the cold fear of having to escape from a sunken submarine filled with the bodies of close friends.
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| Displacement | (surface) 324 tons |
| (submerged) 496 tons | |
| Length | 45.6 m |
| Breadth | 5.1 m |
| Draught/Height | 2.8 m |
| Machinery | 8 cylinder diesels 710hp |
| 2 Electric Motors 480hp. Two shafts. | |
| Speed | (surface) 13 kts |
| (submerged) 8.5 kts | |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch tubes (bow). |
| 4 x 18 inch in external drop collars. | |
| Reloads: 2. | |
| Range | (surface) 2,500 nm at 9 kts |
| Complement | 18 |
U-889 was a type IXC U-Boat which spent some months in Canadian hands after the german surrender in 1945, before being handed over to the US Navy the following year. She was examined in minute detail and the results have survived, giving a unique account of the layout and equipment of a U-Boat
Sea Wolves is the story of the crews who bravely manned British submarines in the Second World War. This small band of highly trained and highly skilled individuals fought in the front line for six long years, undertaking some of the most dangerous missions of the war.
Britain's Sea Wolves operated close to shore in mined waters, attacking warships and heavily guarded convoys. But in the course of these vital operations, the submariners suffered devastating casualties.
This is the vivid, thrilling story of the survivors and their promising young comrades who fought with such courage, in the face of the sickening terror of depth-charge attacks and the cold fear of having to escape from a sunken submarine filled with the bodies of close friends.
20 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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