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Shch-201

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Стерлядь [Sterlyad'], 9.1934- Щ-113 [Shch-113], 6.1949- С-113 [S-113]		243/187	194 Yd (Marti Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok	10.1932	12.12.1933	9.1934	stricken 9.1954
Севрюга [Sevryuga], 9.1934- Щ-114 [Shch-114], 6.1949- С-114 [S-114]		244/188	194 Yd (Marti Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok	10.1932	1934	9.1934	stricken 12.1955
Щ-115 [Shch-115] (ex-Скат [Skat]), 6.1949- С-115 [S-115]		225	189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok	10.1932	4.4.1934	10.1934	stricken 9.1954
Щ-116 [Shch-116] (ex-Осётр [Osyotr]), 6.1949- С-116 [S-116]		242	194 Yd (Marti Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok	5.1933	1934	1.1935	stricken 9.1954
Щ-117 [Shch-117] (ex-Макрель [Makrel']), 6.1949- С-117 [S-117]		226	189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok	10.1932	15.4.1934	12.1934	lost 15.12.1952
Щ-118 [Shch-118] (ex-Кефаль [Kefal']), 6.1949- С-118 [S-118]		227	189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok	10.1932	1934	12.1934	stricken 2.1956
Щ-119 [Shch-119] (ex-Белуга [Beluga]), 6.1949- С-119 [S-119]		241	194 Yd (Marti Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok	5.1933	7.5.1934	2.1935	stricken 2.1956
Щ-120 [Shch-120] (ex-Навага [Navaga]), 6.1949- С-120 [S-120]		185	194 Yd (Marti Yd), Leningrad // 368 Yd (Kirov Yd), Khabarovsk	4.1933	6.1934	1.1935	stricken 2.1956
Щ-201 [Shch-201] (ex-Сазан [Sazan]), 6.1949- С-201 [S-201]		183/1026	194 Yd (Marti Yd), Leningrad // 200 Yd (61 Kommunar Yd), Nikolayev	8.1933	3.4.1934	8.1935	stricken 12.1955
Щ-202 [Shch-202] (ex-Сельдь [Seld']), 6.1949- С-202 [S-202]		184/1027	194 Yd (Marti Yd), Leningrad // 200 Yd (61 Kommunar Yd), Nikolayev	9.1933	25.5.1934	9.1935	auxiliary 2.1956
Щ-203 [Shch-203] (ex-Камбала [Kambala])		228/1028	189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 200 Yd (61 Kommunar Yd), Nikolayev	3.1933	29.5.1934	9.1935	sunk 29.8.1943
Щ-305 [Shch-305] (ex-Линь [Lin'], ex-Воинствующий Безбожник [Voinstvuyushchiy Bezbozhnik])		186	194 Yd (Marti Yd), Leningrad	11.1932	31.12.1933	12.1934	sunk 5.11.1942
Щ-308 [Shch-308] (ex-Сёмга [Syomga])		550/2	112 Yd (Krasnoye Sormovo Yd), Gorkiy	11.1932	28.4.1933	11.1935	sunk 27.10.1942

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	Sterlyad`, Sevryuga, Shch-115 - 120: 601 / 722 Shch-201 - 203: 607 / 750 Shch-305, 308: 586 / 702
Length, m	Sterlyad`, Sevryuga, Shch-115 - 120: 58.0 Shch-201 - 203, 305, 308: 58.8
Breadth, m	6.20
Draught, m	Sterlyad`, Sevryuga, Shch-115 - 120: 3.91 Shch-201 - 203: 4.30 Shch-305, 308: 4.20
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 38B8 diesels / 2 PGV-8 electric motors
Power, h. p.	1370 / 800
Max speed, kts	Sterlyad`, Sevryuga, Shch-115 - 120: 12 / 8 Shch-201 - 203: 11.9 / 7.5 Shch-305, 308: 12.9 / 7
Fuel, t	diesel oil 58
Endurance, nm(kts)	4200(8.8) / 100(2)
Armament	Sterlyad`, Sevryuga, Shch-115 - 120: 1 x 1 - 45/43 21K, 1 x 1 - 12.7/79, 6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 10) Shch-201 - 203, 305, 308: 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	37 - 40
Diving depth operational, m	75

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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 design 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. On V-bis (originally VII) series the light hull and CT form were changed. Maximal diving depth for all series was 90m.

Modernizations

1940 - 1943, some boats among Shch-201 - 203, 305 and 308: - 1 x 1 - 45/43; + 1 x 1 - 12.7/79.

1940-1941, Shch-201, Shch-202, Shch-203; 1941-1942, Shch-305, Shch-308; 1941-1943, Shch-113, Shch-114, Shch-115, Shch-116, Shch-117, Shch-118, Shch-119, Shch-120: - hydrophone; + Mars-12 hydrophone

1942 - 1945, Shch-115, Shch-116: + 20 mines

1944, Shch-202; 1945, Shch-113, Shch-114, Shch-115: + type 129 sonar

Naval service

Shch-203 was sunk 26.8.1943 by Italian midget submarine CB4 at Sevastopol. Shch-305 was sunk 5.11.1942 by Finnish submarine Vetehinen off Alands. Shch-308 was lost between 20 and 23.10.42 in Gulf of Finland, possibly on a mine.

Shch-118 sunk after torpedoes explosion on board of Shch-138 18.7.1942 at Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, later salvaged and commissioned again. S-117 was lost 15-16.12.1952 during training voyage.