Soviet submarine Shch-310

Shch-310 next to a steamship in 1944
History
Soviet Union
Name	Shch-310
Laid down	6 November 1933
Launched	10 April 1935
Commissioned	20 August 1936
Decommissioned	17 August 1953
General characteristics
Class and type	Shchuka-class submarine, Type X
Displacement	577 tons surfaced 704 tons submerged
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	12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) on the surface; 6.3 knots (11.7 km/h; 7.2 mph) submerged
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	4 × bow torpedo tubes 2 × stern torpedo tubes (10 torpedoes) 2 × 45 mm (1.8 in) semi-automatic guns

Shch-310 was a Shchuka-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. She operated in the Baltic Sea during the WW2. During the operations in 1942 the submarine's commander was Georgiy Yegorov.

Service history

The submarine operated in the Baltic Sea and survived the war after having actively took part at the 1942 submarine campaign and the later ones in 1944 and 1945, scoring victories with torpedo attacks.

Ships sunk by Shch-310

Date	Ship	Flag	Tonnage	Notes
29 September 1942	Franz Rudolf		1,419 GRT	freighter(torpedo)
8 October 1944	Bagger-3		300 GRT	dredger(torpedo)
8 October 1944	Ro-24		4,499 GRT	transport ship(torpedo)
10 April 1945	Ilmenau		1,201 GRT	freighter(torpedo)(unconfirmed)
Total:			7,419 GRT