NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Щ-11 Карась [Shch-11 Karas'] (ex-№11 [No11]), 12.1933- Лосось [Losos'], 9.1934- Щ-101 [Shch-101], 6.1949- С-94 [S-94]		229	189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok	3.1932	25.12.1932	9.1933	stricken 6.1952
Щ-12 [Shch-12] (ex-№12 [No12]), 12.1933- Лещ [Leshch], 9.1934- Щ-102 [Shch-102], 6.1949- С-92 [S-92]		159	194 Yd (Marti Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok	3.1932	19.4.1933	9.1933	stricken 8.1953
Щ-13 [Shch-13] (ex-№13 [No13]), 12.1933- Карп [Karp], 9.1934- Щ-103 [Shch-103]		160	194 Yd (Marti Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok	3.1932	1933	10.1933	wrecked 4.11.1935
Щ-14 [Shch-14] (ex-№14 [No14]), 12.1933- Налим [Nalim], 9.1934- Щ-104 [Shch-104], 6.1949- С-93 [S-93]		230	189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok	3.1932	5.1933	11.1933	stricken 8.1953
Щ-21 [Shch-21] (ex-№21 [No21]), 12.1933- Кета [Keta], 9.1934- Щ-105 [Shch-105], 6.1949- С-105 [S-105]		234	189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 368 Yd (Kirov Yd), Khabarovsk	4.1932	8.1933	11.1933	stricken 8.1953
Щ-22 [Shch-22] (ex-№22 [No22]), 12.1933- Судак [Sudak], 9.1934- Щ-106 [Shch-106], 6.1949- С-106 [S-106]		457	190 Yd (Zhdanov Yd), Leningrad // 368 Yd (Kirov Yd), Khabarovsk	3.1932	5.1933	11.1933	training hulk 12.1956
Щ-23 [Shch-23] (ex-№23 [No23]), 12.1933- Сиг [Sig], 9.1934- Щ-107 [Shch-107], 6.1949- С-107 [S-107]		458	190 Yd (Zhdanov Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok	3.1932	7.1933	11.1933	stricken 6.1954
Форель [Forel'] (ex-Щ-24 [Shch-24], ex-№24 [No24]), 9.1934- Щ-108 [Shch-108], 6.1949- С-108 [S-108]		233	189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 368 Yd (Kirov Yd), Khabarovsk	4.1932	7.1933	12.1933	stricken 9.1952
Сом [Som] (ex-Щ-31 [Shch-31], ex-№31 [No31]), 9.1934- Щ-109 [Shch-109], 6.1949- С-109 [S-109]		455	190 Yd (Zhdanov Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok	3.1932	8.1933	4.1934	training hulk 8.1953
Язь [Yaz'] (ex-Щ-32 [Shch-32], ex-№32 [No32]), 9.1934- Щ-110 [Shch-110], 6.1949- С-110 [S-110]		456	190 Yd (Zhdanov Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok	3.1932	10.1933	5.1934	stricken 9.1954
Карась [Karas'], 9.1934- Щ-111 [Shch-111], 6.1949- С-111 [S-111]		232	189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 368 Yd (Kirov Yd), Khabarovsk	3.1932	7.1933	9.1934	training hulk 8.1953
Пескарь [Peskar'], 9.1934- Щ-112 [Shch-112], 6.1949- С-112 [S-112]		231	189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 368 Yd (Kirov Yd), Khabarovsk	3.1932	4.1934	9.1934	stricken 8.1953

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	585 / 700
Length, m	58.5
Breadth, m	6.20
Draught, m	3.80 - 3.90
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 38B8 diesels / 2 PGV-8 electric motors
Power, h. p.	1370 / 800
Max speed, kts	11.9 / 8.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 53
Endurance, nm(kts)	4200(8.8) / 100(2)
Armament	2 x 1 - 45/43 21K, 6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 10)
Electronic equipment	Merkuriy or Mars-A or Mars-DM or Mars-ShM hydrophone
Complement	40
Diving depth operational, m	75

Standard scale images

Project history

Well-known "Shchukas" ("pikes"): the most mass series of Soviet WWII-era submarines. They were designed since 1928 as patrol small (later medium) submarines for Baltic. The big effect on the project was rendered by raised British submarine L55 from which there was borrowed architectural type: saddle-tank with bulge tanks, and a hull form. III series submarines differed by only one 45mm gun, all subsequent submarines received two, nevertheless, weakness of artillery armament during war remained one of the main lacks of the project.

Submarines were built in six series, but intra-serial differences were insignificant. Intended for Pacific V series (originally III-bis) were built taking into account requirements to transportation by railways and subsequent assembling; they had other division on compartments, CT form and were built with wide application of welding. Maximal diving depth for all series was 90m.

Modernizations

1940 - 1943, some boats: - 1 x 1 - 45/43; + 1 x 1 - 12.7/79

1940-1943, all survived: - hydrophone; + Mars-12 hydrophone

1942, Shch-101, Shch-108: + 20 mines

1945, Shch-107, Shch-108, Shch-109, Shch-110, Shch-111, Shch-112: + type 129 sonar

Naval service

Shch-103 4.11.1935 ran ashore in Ussuri Bay off Vladivostok and was never repaired.