Soviet submarine Shch-307

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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

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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

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