Nummer: 19803
| Area : | Arctic Ocean |
| Sea area : | North Norway |
| Date of attack : | 01.05.1942 |
| Time of attack : | 03:13 |
| Nationality of U-boat : | German |
| U-boat : | U 589 |
| Commander : | Horrer |
| Grid : | AC 4669 |
| presumed target type : | Steam Freighter |
| presumed tonnage : | 6000 BRT |
| presumed result : | damaged |
| Number of torpedoes/mines : | 2- |
| Used weapon(s) : | Torpedo(es) |
| Convoy : | QP.11 |
| Date of observation : | 01.05.1942 |
| Nationality of target : | Soviet |
| Actual type of target : | Motor Freighter |
| Name of target : | Tsiolkovski |
| Year of launch : | 1935 |
| Actual tonnage : | 2847 BRT |
| Actual result : | damaged |
| Position of target : | 71.46n 34.30e |
| Footnote : | U-589 heard two detonations from a 2-torpedo spread after 7 min. - "Tsiolkovskij" was only damaged by U-589 and later sunk by the German destroyers Z-24 and Z-25. |
| Convoy : | QP.11 |
| Route of convoy : | Russia - Iceland |
| Remark to convoy : | Sep 1941 to Dec 1942, then RA (counter traffic = PQ) |
| updated on: | 00.00.0000 |
| Remark: | -M, 2847=, Anm |
| Changes: | 1) Busch/Röll (Bd.3) 04.02: 2-T, 7min. 2) Kolbicz/E198 02.02: -M, Ts-iolkovskij 3) Kolbicz (L2) 04.02: 2847=, Anm. |