German submarine U-289 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 12 September 1942 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as 'werk' 54. She was launched on 25 May 1943 and commissioned on 10 July under the command of Kapitänleutnant Alexander Hellwig. She did not sink or damage any ships. She was sunk by a British destroyer in May 1944.