Soviet submarine Shch-213
- Displacement
- 577 long tons (586 t)
- Length
- 57 m (187 ft)
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Speed
- 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h, 14.4 mph)
- Complement
- 38
- Main gun
- 45 mm (1.8 in)
Service
- as Shch-21331 October 1938 — 14 October 19421,139 days of the war
- Name
- Shch-213
- Builder
- Sudostroytelnyi zavod imeny 61 kommunara, Mykolaiv, USSR
- Laid down
- 4 December 1934
- Launched
- 13 April 1937
- Commissioned
- 31 October 1938
- Fate
- Sunk by sea mine, 14 October 1942
By mine (1942) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 577 long tons (586 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 704 long tons (715 t)
- Length
- 57 m (187 ft)
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 3.78 m (12.4 ft)
- Speed
- 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h, 14.4 mph)
- Range
- 6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
- Complement
- 38
- Main gun
- 45 mm (1.8 in)
Shch-213 was a submarine of the Shchuka-class submarine, Type X, operated by the Soviet Navy. Sudostroytelnyi zavod imeny 61 kommunara, Mykolaiv, USSR laid her keel on 4 December 1934. She entered service on 31 October 1938, having been launched on 13 April 1937.
She was one of six ships of her class. The class followed the Leninets-class submarine and was succeeded by the Pravda-class submarine.
The boat displaced 577 long tons surfaced and 704 long tons submerged. She measured 57 m (187 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 12.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 38.
Her main battery was two 45 mm (1.8 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,139 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 14 October 1942 by mine. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shaft diesel electric, 1370 bhp diesel, 800 bhp electric
- Armament
- 4 × bow torpedo tubes
- 2 × stern torpedo tubes
- 10 torpedoes
- 2 × 45 mm semi-automatic guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Soviet submarine Shch-213 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.