Soviet submarine Shch-214

History
Shch-214 was of X series.
Soviet Union
Name:	Shch-214
Laid down:	13 July 1935
Launched:	23 April 1937
Commissioned:	4 March 1939
Fate:	Sunk 19 June 1942
General characteristics
Class and type:	Shchuka-class submarine, Type X^[1]
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-214 was a Shchuka-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down by 61 Kommunara in Nikolajev on 13 July 1935. She was launched on 23 April 1937 and commissioned on 4 March 1939 in the Black Sea Fleet. The submarine was under the command of Captain Vlasov Vladimir Yakovlevich until the loss of the vessel.^[2]

Service history

Shch-214 served in the southern Black Sea, with some success, often striking against neutral Turkish schooners.

Ships sunk by *Shch-214*^[3]
Date	Ship	Tonnage	Notes
3 November 1941	Kaynakdere	85 GRT	sailing vessel (gunfire)
5 November 1941	Torcello	3,336 GRT	tanker (torpedo)
1 January 1942	Koraltepe	209 GRT	sailing vessel (gunfire)
29 May 1942	Hudavendigar	90 GRT	sailing vessel (ramming)
31 May 1942	Mahbubdihan	85 GRT	sailing vessel (gunfire)
2 June 1942	Kaynarea	? GRT	sailing vessel (ramming)
Total:		3,805 GRT

Loss

After herpatrols in the southern Black Sea, the submarine was employed as a transport unit to support the Soviet forces in the Siege of Sevastopol. During one of these missions, Shch-214 was torpedoed while on the surface by the Italian motor torpedo boat MAS-571 on 19 June 1942. Two of her crew survived.

References

↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Shch (Scuka) class". Uboat. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
↑ Orlov Alex; Dmitriy Metelev; Evgeniy Chirva. "Великая Отечественная - под водой". Town.ural.ru. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
↑ "Shch-214 of the Soviet Navy - Soviet Submarine of the Shch (Scuka) class - Allied Warships of WWII". uboat.net. Retrieved 2014-08-26.

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1942

Shipwrecks	1 Jun: HMAS Kuttabul, Malmö 2 Jun: U-652 3 Jun: USS Bunting, Iron Chieftain, Northwestern 4 Jun: Iron Crown, Kaga, Sōryū 5 Jun: Akagi, C.O. Stillman, Hiryū 6 Jun: USS Hammann, Mikuma 7 Jun: Edith, USS Gannet, USS Yorktown 10 Jun: Empire Clough 12 Jun: HMS Grove 13 Jun: Gruzyia, U-157 15 Jun: HMS Bedouin, City of Oxford, HMS Hasty, Thurso, Trento 16 Jun: HMS Hermione, ORP Kujawiak, HMAS Nestor, Port Nicholson 17 Jun: HMS Wild Swan 19 Jun: USS S-27, Shch-214, USS YP-389 21 Jun: HMS P514, HMSAS Parktown 23 Jun: USAT Major General Henry Gibbins 25 Jun: Yamakaze 26 Jun: Putney Hill 27 Jun: Las Choapas, Tuxpam 29 Jun: Diana, William Rockefeller 30 Jun: Express, USS Hornbill, HMS Medway, U-158

Other incidents	1 Jun: HMS Cricket 3 Jun: Luigi Torelli 6 Jun: Luigi Torelli 9 Jun: Kronprinsen 14 Jun: HMS Liverpool 15 Jun: HMS Newcastle 21 Jun: Strale 26 Jun: Matagalpa

1941 1942 1943 May 1942 July 1942

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