Soviet submarine Shch-215
- 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-215 (1937–49)30 August 1938 — 29 December 19552,193 days of the war
- Name
- Shch-215
- Builder
- Sudostroytelnyi zavod imeny 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev, USSR
- Laid down
- 27 March 1935
- Launched
- 11 January 1937
- Commissioned
- 30 August 1938
- Struck
- 29 December 1955
- Fate
- Scrapped 18 January 1956 (1956)
- Status
- Scrapped
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-215 was a submarine of the Shchuka-class submarine, Type X in service with the Soviet Navy. Sudostroytelnyi zavod imeny 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev, USSR laid her keel on 27 March 1935. She entered service on 30 August 1938, having been launched on 11 January 1937.
Six ships of the class were built. 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 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 29 December 1955.
She was broken up for scrap on 18 January 1956.
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-215 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.