Soviet submarine Shch-214

Profile drawing of Series X Shch-class submarine
History
Soviet Union
NameShch-214
Builder61 Kommunar Yard, Mykolayiv, Ukraine
Laid down13 July 1935
Launched23 April 1937
Commissioned4 March 1939
FateSunk, 19 June 1942
General characteristics
Class & typeSeries X Shchuka-class submarine
Displacement
  • 590 t (580 long tons) (surfaced)
  • 708 t (697 long tons) (submerged)
Length58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Beam6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draught4.1 m (13 ft 5 in) (mean)
Installed power
  • 1,600 PS (1,200 kW) (diesel)
  • 800 PS (590 kW) (electric)
Propulsion2-shaft diesel electric
Speed
  • 11.7 knots (21.7 km/h; 13.5 mph) (surfaced)
  • 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) (submerged)
Range
  • 5,200 nmi (9,600 km; 6,000 mi) at 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) (surfaced)
  • 98 nmi (181 km; 113 mi) at 2.2 knots (4.1 km/h; 2.5 mph) (submerged)
Test depth75 m (246 ft)
Complement40
Armament
  • 4 × bow 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × stern 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 45 mm (1.8 in) deck guns

Shch-214 was a Series X Shchuka-class submarine built for the Soviet Navy during the 1930s. Completed in 1939, the boat was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet and participated in the defense of the Soviet Union when the Axis powers invaded it in June 1941 (Operation Barbarossa). She made four patrols in the southern area of the Black Sea before she was tasked to ferry supplies to besieged Sevastopol in mid-1942. Shch-214 was torpedoed enroute and sunk by an Italian MAS boat.