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SUBMARINES

"Series V" submarines (1933-1934)

Shch-108 1940

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ù-11 Êàðàñü [Shch-11 Karas'] (ex-¹11 [No11]) , 12.1933- Ëîñîñü [Losos'], 9.1934- Ù-101 [Shch-101], 6.1949- Ñ-94 [S-94]   229 189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok 3.1932 25.12.1932 9.1933 stricken 6.1952
Ù-12 [Shch-12] (ex-¹12 [No12]), 12.1933- Ëåù [Leshch], 9.1934- Ù-102 [Shch-102], 6.1949- Ñ-92 [S-92]   159 194 Yd (Marti Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok 3.1932 19.4.1933 9.1933 stricken 8.1953
Ù-13 [Shch-13] (ex-¹13 [No13]), 12.1933- Êàðï [Karp], 9.1934- Ù-103 [Shch-103]   160 194 Yd (Marti Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok 3.1932 1933 10.1933 wrecked 4.11.1935
Ù-14 [Shch-14] (ex-¹14 [No14]), 12.1933- Íàëèì [Nalim], 9.1934- Ù-104 [Shch-104], 6.1949- Ñ-93 [S-93]   230 189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok 3.1932 5.1933 11.1933 stricken 8.1953
Ù-21 [Shch-21] (ex-¹21 [No21]), 12.1933- Êåòà [Keta], 9.1934- Ù-105 [Shch-105], 6.1949- Ñ-105 [S-105]   234 189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 368 Yd (Kirov Yd), Khabarovsk 4.1932 8.1933 11.1933 stricken 8.1953
Ù-22 [Shch-22] (ex-¹22 [No22]), 12.1933- Ñóäàê [Sudak], 9.1934- Ù-106 [Shch-106], 6.1949- Ñ-106 [S-106]   457 190 Yd (Zhdanov Yd), Leningrad // 368 Yd (Kirov Yd), Khabarovsk 3.1932 5.1933 11.1933 training hulk 12.1956
Ù-23 [Shch-23] (ex-¹23 [No23]), 12.1933- Ñèã [Sig], 9.1934- Ù-107 [Shch-107], 6.1949- Ñ-107 [S-107]   458 190 Yd (Zhdanov Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok 3.1932 7.1933 11.1933 stricken 6.1954
Ôîðåëü [Forel'] (ex-Ù-24 [Shch-24], ex-¹24 [No24]), 9.1934- Ù-108 [Shch-108], 6.1949- Ñ-108 [S-108]   233 189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 368 Yd (Kirov Yd), Khabarovsk 4.1932 7.1933 12.1933 stricken 9.1952
Ñîì [Som] (ex-Ù-31 [Shch-31], ex-¹31 [No31]), 9.1934- Ù-109 [Shch-109], 6.1949- Ñ-109 [S-109]   455 190 Yd (Zhdanov Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok 3.1932 8.1933 4.1934 training hulk 8.1953
ßçü [Yaz'] (ex-Ù-32 [Shch-32], ex-¹32 [No32]), 9.1934- Ù-110 [Shch-110], 6.1949- Ñ-110 [S-110]   456 190 Yd (Zhdanov Yd), Leningrad // 202 Yd (Dalzavod Yd), Vladivostok 3.1932 10.1933 5.1934 stricken 9.1954
Êàðàñü [Karas'], 9.1934- Ù-111 [Shch-111], 6.1949- Ñ-111 [S-111]   232 189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 368 Yd (Kirov Yd), Khabarovsk 3.1932 7.1933 9.1934 training hulk 8.1953
Ïåñêàðü [Peskar'], 9.1934- Ù-112 [Shch-112], 6.1949- Ñ-112 [S-112]   231 189 Yd (Ordzhonikidze Yd), Leningrad // 368 Yd (Kirov Yd), Khabarovsk 3.1932 4.1934 9.1934 stricken 8.1953

 

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

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.

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