German submarine U-283 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 10 June 1942 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as 'werk' 48. She was launched on 17 February 1943 and commissioned on 31 March under the command of Oberleutnant Heinz-Günther Scholz.