Submarine ShCh-320

ShCh-320

Country	Russia
Ship Class	Shchuka-class Submarine
Builder	A. Marti shipyard (Yard 194), Leningrad, Russia
Laid Down	31 Dec 1934
Launched	12 Feb 1935
Commissioned	29 Nov 1936
Displacement	704 tons submerged
Length	187 feet
Beam	20 feet
Draft	12 feet
Machinery	Diesel engines (1,370hp), electric motors (800hp), 2 shafts
Speed	12 knots
Armament	4x bow torpedo tubes, 2x stern torpedo tubes, 10 torpedoes, 2x45mm guns

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseShCh-320 joined the Soviet Baltic Fleet in the mid-1930s. During the war, she patrolled the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Finland and was credited with the sinking of German coastal freighter Anna Katrin Fritzen in Jul 1942. In Oct 1942, she was mysteriously lost shortly after departing on a war patrol; she likely struck a naval mine in the Gulf of Finland and became lost with no survivors.

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Last Major Revision: Feb 2013

ShCh-320 Operational Timeline

31 Dec 1934	The keel of ShCh-320 was laid down at A. Marti shipyard (Yard 194) at Leningrad, Russia.
12 Feb 1935	ShCh-320 was launched at Leningrad, Russia.
29 Nov 1936	ShCh-320 was commissioned into service.
26 Sep 1941	ShCh-320 fired a torpedo at a merchant ship north of Danzig Bay; the torpedo missed.
1 Oct 1941	ShCh-320 fired a torpedo at a merchant ship north of Danzig Bay; the torpedo missed.
15 Oct 1941	ShCh-320 fired a torpedo at a merchant ship north of Danzig Bay at 1115 hours; the torpedo missed.
16 Jun 1942	ShCh-320 fired two torpedoes at German minesweeper depot ship MRS 12 west of Porkkala, Finland; both torpedoes missed.
5 Jul 1942	Soviet submarine ShCh-320 sank German coastal freighter Anna Katrin Fritzen off Memelland, Germany (Memel, occupied Latvia) at 1151 hours.
16 Jul 1942	ShCh-320 fired two torpedoes at German merchant ship Gudron off the German coast; both torpedoes missed.
1 Oct 1942	ShCh-320 departed on her final war patrol and never returned, possibly having struck a naval mine in the Gulf of Finland.