German submarine U-315 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 7 July 1942 at the Flender Werke yard at Lübeck as 'werk' 315, launched on 29 May 1943 and commissioned on 10 July under the command of Oberleutnant Herbert Zoller. During her career, the U-boat sailed on 11 combat patrols, sinking one ship and causing another to be declared a total loss, before she surrendered in May 1945. She was a member of 13 wolfpacks.