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U-Boat Operations
Major contributors to this section:
Commanders and Flotillas —  Fernando Almeida
Ships, General —  Werner Freitag
Ship Details —  David Rayner
Detail Consultant —  Horst Schmeisser
Patrols, Fates and Air Attacks —  Howard Cock

U-315Type VIIC
Feldpost NumberM 53 225
Construction YardFlender-Werke AG, Lübeck
Yard Number315
Ordered25th Aug 1941
Keel laid7th Jul 1942
Launched29th May 1943
Commissioned10th Jul 1943
Baubelehrung 3.KLA, Lübeck
Training, Flotillas and Duties
07.43 - 02.448.U-Flottille, Danzig
Ausbildungsboot (under training)
03.44 - 09.4411.U-Flottille, Bergen
Frontboot (operational)
09.44 - 05.4513.U-Flottille, Trondheim
Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
07.43 - 05.45OL Herbert Zoller
see also: U-3 

Operations information for U-315
17.02.1944 - 20.02.1944
First Sailing - active patrol
U-315 left Kiel under the command of Herbert Zoller on 17th Feb 1944 and arrived at Bergen on 20th Feb 1944 after three days.
21.02.1944 - 09.03.1944
Second Sailing - active patrol
On the 21st Feb 1944, U-315 left Bergen under the command of Herbert Zoller and after two and a half weeks arrived at Narvik on 9th Mar 1944.
23.03.1944 - 10.04.1944
Third Sailing - active patrol
U-315 departed under Herbert Zoller from Narvik on 23rd Mar 1944 and arrived back at Narvik on 10th Apr 1944 after two and a half weeks on patrol.
19.04.1944 - 14.05.1944
Fourth Sailing - active patrol
U-315 left Narvik under the command of Herbert Zoller on 19th Apr 1944 and after three and a half weeks arrived at Bogenbucht on 14th May 1944.
25.05.1944 - 26.05.1944
Fifth Sailing - active patrol
On the 25th May 1944, U-315 left Bogenbucht under the command of Herbert Zoller and arrived at Hammerfest on 26th May 1944 after one day.
30.05.1944 - 10.07.1944
Sixth Sailing - active patrol
U-315 departed under Herbert Zoller from Hammerfest on 30th May 1944 and after nearly six weeks arrived at Bergen on 10th Jul 1944.
28.08.1944 - 04.09.1944
Seventh Sailing - active patrol
U-315 left Bergen under the command of Herbert Zoller on 28th Aug 1944 and arrived at Narvik on 4th Sep 1944 after one week.
08.09.1944 - 26.09.1944
Eighth Sailing - active patrol
On the 8th Sep 1944, U-315 left Narvik under the command of Herbert Zoller and after two and a half weeks arrived at Bogenbucht on 26th Sep 1944.
29.09.1944 - 03.10.1944
Ninth Sailing - active patrol
U-315 departed under Herbert Zoller from Bogenbucht on 29th Sep 1944 and arrived at Hammerfest on 3rd Oct 1944 after four days.
12.10.1944 - 10.11.1944
Tenth Sailing - active patrol
U-315 left Hammerfest under the command of Herbert Zoller on 12th Oct 1944 and after just over four weeks arrived at Harstad on 10th Nov 1944.
19.11.1944 - 19.11.1944
Eleventh Sailing - active patrol
On the 19th Nov 1944, U-315 left Harstad under the command of Herbert Zoller and arrived at Narvik on the same day.
21.11.1944 - 06.12.1944
Twelfth Sailing - active patrol
U-315 departed under Herbert Zoller from Narvik on 21st Nov 1944 and after just over two weeks arrived at Harstad on 6th Dec 1944.
09.12.1944 - 12.12.1944
Thirteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-315 left Harstad under the command of Herbert Zoller on 9th Dec 1944 and arrived at Trondheim on 12th Dec 1944 after three days.
25.12.1944 - 06.01.1945
Fourteenth Sailing - active patrol
On the 25th Dec 1944, U-315 left Trondheim under the command of Herbert Zoller and returned to Trondheim on 6th Jan 1945 after more than one week on patrol.
15.02.1945 - 24.04.1945
Fifteenth Sailing - active patrol
U-315 departed under Herbert Zoller from Trondheim on 15th Feb 1945 and arrived back at Trondheim on 24th Apr 1945 after more than nine weeks on patrol.
Herbert Zoller hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy: One was from convoy BTC-111 and one was from convoy TBC-103.
  • On 22nd Mar 1945 he sank the British 6,996 ton Empire Kingsley, sailing with convoy TBC-103.
  • On 29th Mar 1945 he fatally damaged the Canadian 1,370 ton HMCS Teme, a member of convoy BTC-111.

Notes for U-315


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EMPIRE KINGSLEY

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