Soviet submarine Shch-307
55°43′34″N 37°29′52″E / 55.7261339°N 37.4978201°E
 Shch-307 was of V-bis-2 series.
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| History | |
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 Soviet Union | |
| Name | Shch-307 |
| Laid down | 6 November 1933 |
| Launched | 1 August 1934 |
| Commissioned | 4 August 1935 |
| Decommissioned | 23 April 1948 |
| Stricken | 8 April 1957 |
| Status | Conning tower preserved as memorial |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Shchuka-class submarine, Type V-bis-2[1] |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 57.00 m (187 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 3.78 m (12 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft diesel electric, 1,020 kW (1,370 bhp) diesel, 600 kW (800 bhp) electric |
| Speed |
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| Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Test depth | 91 m (300 ft) |
| Complement | 38 |
| Armament |
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Shch-307 was a Shchuka-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down by Baltiyskiy Zavod in Leningrad on 6 November 1933. She was launched on 1 August 1934 and commissioned on 4 August 1935 in the Baltic Fleet.
Service history
[edit]The submarine took part in the whole Baltic Sea campaigns (1939–45), surviving at the war. The most prominent action of the submarine was the sinking of the U-144 in 1941. After the war, she was turned into the floating charging station PZS-5, before being stricken: the conning tower was preserved as a memorial.
| Date | Ship | Flag | Tonnage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 1941 | U-144 | 
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314 GRT | submarine (torpedo) |
| 26 October 1942 | Betty H. | 
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2,478 GRT | freighter (torpedo) |
| 16 January 1945 | Henrietta Schultze | 
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1,923 GRT | freighter (torpedo) |
| Total: | 4,715 GRT | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Shch (Scuka) class". Uboat. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "ShCh-307". uboat.net. Retrieved 14 July 2015.