Soviet submarine Shch-310

Shch-310 was a Shchuka-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. She operated in the Baltic Sea during the WW2. During the operations in 1942 the submarine's commander was Georgiy Yegorov.

Shch-310 was of X series.
History
Soviet Union
Name: Shch-310
Laid down: 6 November 1933
Launched: 10 April 1935
Commissioned: 20 August 1936
Decommissioned: 17 August 1953
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

Service history

The submarine operated in the Baltic Sea and survived the war after having actively took part at the 1942 submarine campaign and the later ones in 1944 and 1945, scoring victories with torpedo attacks.

Ships sunk by Shch-310[2]
Date Ship Flag Tonnage Notes
29 September 1942 Franz Rudolf 1,419 GRT freighter(torpedo)
8 October 1944 Bagger-3 300 GRT dredger(torpedo)
8 October 1944 Ro-24 4,499 GRT transport ship(torpedo)
10 April 1945 Ilmenau 1,201 GRT freighter(torpedo)(unconfirmed)
Total:7,419 GRT

References
  1. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Shch (Scuka) class". Uboat. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. "ShCh-310 of the Soviet Navy - Submarine of the ShCh (Scuka) class - Allied Warships of WWII". Uboat.net. Retrieved 15 September 2018.



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