{{Infobox ship |Ship image= |Ship caption= |module= |module2= German submarine U-279 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The submarine was laid down on 31 March 1942 at the Bremer Vulkan yard at Bremen-Vegesack as 'werk' 44. She was launched on 16 December 1942 and commissioned on 3 February 1943 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Otto Franke.