Soviet submarine Shch-307

55°43′34″N 37°29′52″E / 55.7261339°N 37.4978201°E / 55.7261339; 37.4978201

Shch-307 was of V-bis-2 series.
History
Soviet Union
NameShch-307
Laid down6 November 1933
Launched1 August 1934
Commissioned4 August 1935
Decommissioned23 April 1948
Stricken8 April 1957
StatusConning tower preserved as memorial
General characteristics
Class and typeShchuka-class submarine, Type V-bis-2[1]
Displacement
  • 577 tons surfaced
  • 704 tons submerged
Length57.00 m (187 ft 0 in)
Beam6.20 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draught3.78 m (12 ft 5 in)
Propulsion2 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
Range6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Test depth91 m (300 ft)
Complement38
Armament
  • 4 × bow torpedo tubes
  • 2 × stern torpedo tubes
  • (10 torpedoes)
  • 2 × 45 mm (1.8 in) semi-automatic guns

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.

Ships sunk by Shch-307[2]
Date Ship Flag Tonnage Notes
10 August 1941 U-144   314 GRT submarine (torpedo)
26 October 1942 Betty H.   2,478 GRT freighter (torpedo)
16 January 1945 Henrietta Schultze   1,923 GRT freighter (torpedo)
Total: 4,715 GRT

References edit

  1. ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Shch (Scuka) class". Uboat. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. ^ "ShCh-307". uboat.net. Retrieved 14 July 2015.