List of all U-boats
U-315
Type | VIIC | |||||||||||||
Ordered | 25 Aug 1941 | |||||||||||||
Laid down | 7 Jul 1942 | Flender Werke AG, Lübeck (werk 315) | ||||||||||||
Launched | 29 May 1943 | |||||||||||||
Commissioned | 10 Jul 1943 | Oblt. Herbert Zoller | ||||||||||||
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Career 11 patrols |
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Successes | 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 6,996 GRT 1 warship a total loss, total tonnage 1,370 tons | |||||||||||||
Fate |
Surrendered at Trondheim, Norway on 9 May 1945. Post war information (see more post-war boats): | |||||||||||||
Final location |
Wolfpack operations
U-315 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
Hartmut (23 Feb 1944 - 28 Feb 1944)
Boreas (28 Feb 1944 - 7 Mar 1944)
Blitz (24 Mar 1944 - 5 Apr 1944)
Donner (5 Apr 1944 - 9 Apr 1944)
Keil (19 Apr 1944 - 20 Apr 1944)
Donner & Keil (20 Apr 1944 - 3 May 1944)
Trutz (3 May 1944 - 13 May 1944)
Grimm (31 May 1944 - 6 Jun 1944)
Trutz (6 Jun 1944 - 28 Jun 1944)
Zorn (29 Sep 1944 - 1 Oct 1944)
Grimm (1 Oct 1944 - 2 Oct 1944)
Panther (16 Oct 1944 - 6 Nov 1944)
Stier (29 Nov 1944 - 4 Dec 1944)
General notes on this boat
3 Jan 1945. On 3 January, 1945 trouble with the diesels forced U-315 to return to base.
Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in December 1944 but it was of course installed prior to that date.
Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.
Men lost from U-boats
Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-315 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.
U-boat Emblems
We have 1 emblem entry for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.
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