| Navy | The Soviet Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | SC (Scuka) |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | 61 Kommunara (Nikolajev, U.S.S.R.) / Yard 200 |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 27 Mar 1935 |
| Launched | 11 Jan 1937 |
| Commissioned | 30 Aug 1938 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Black Sea fleet. Stricken on 29 December 1955. |
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Noteable events involving ShCh-215 include:
9 Oct 1941
ShCh-215 fires a torpedo against ' what is identified as ' a patrol vessel north of Cape Emine, Bulgaria. The torpedo missed it's intended target.
18 Nov 1941
ShCh-215 torpedoes and sinks the small Turkish merchant Yenice (300 GRT) east-north-east of Tsarevo, Bulgaria in position 42º12'N, 27º58'E. (see map)
20 Jun 1942
ShCh-215 fires 2 torpedoes against the small German minesweepers FR 1 and FR 11 south of the mouth of the Sulina river in position 44º58'N, 29º45'E. Both torpedoes missed the German ships. (see map)
23 Jan 1943
At 2223 hours ShCh-215 fires 3 torpedoes against a German barge south of Cape Tarkhankut, Crimea in position 45º17'N, 32º39'E. None of the torpedoes fired found their target. (see map)
24 Jan 1943
At 0105 hours ShCh-215 fires 3 torpedoes against the German barge F 125 west of Yevpaoriya, Crimea. All 3 torpedoes missed their target. ShCh-215 also engaged the target with the deck gun but failed to hit the target.
8 Mar 1943
At 1752 hours ShCh-215 fires 3 torpedoes against the small German tanker Wolga-Don (965 GRT) escorted by 2 patrol vessels west-south-west of Cape Tarkhankut, Crimea in position 45º18'N, 32º33'E. All 3 torpedoes fired missed their target. (see map)
13 Mar 1943
At 1109 hours ShCh-215 fires 2 torpedoes against the small Hungarian merchant Budapest (485 GRT) south-west of Cape Tarhankut, Crimea in position 45º16'N, 32º33'E. Both torpedoes missed their target. (see map)
16 May 1943
At 1121 hours ShCh-215 fires 2 torpedoes against the German barges F 170 and
24 May 1943
At 0959 hours ShCh-215 fires 4 torpedoes against the Italian tanker Celeno (3741 GRT) north-north-west of Sevastopol, Crimea in position 44º42'N, 33º28'E. All torpedoes fired missed their target. (see map)
29 May 1943
At 1732 hours ShCh-215 fires a torpedo against the German tug Netty about 40 nautical miles south-east of Feodosiya, Crimea in position 44º27'N, 35º57'E. The torpedo missed it's target. (see map)
30 Aug 1943
ShCh-215 torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Thisbé (former French, 1782 GRT) north of the Bosporus, Turkey in position 41º22'N, 29º08'E. (see map)
11 Nov 1943
While on patrol west of Yevpatoriya, Crimea, at 0124 hours ShCh-215 fires 2 torpedoes against ' what is identified as ' a merchant of unknown tonnage in position 45º05'N, 32º43'E. Both torpedoes missed their target.
At 0355 hours ShCh-215 fires another 2 torpedoes against (most likely) the same ship in position 45º06'N, 32º29'E. Once again both torpedoes missed their target. (see map)
15 Nov 1943
While on patrol near Cape Tarkhankut, Crimea, at 0214 hours ShCh-215 fires 2 torpedoes against a German convoy of barges and several other smaller ships in position 45º18'N, 32º45E.
At 0631 hours ShCh-215 fires another 2 torpedoes in position 45º25'N, 32º26'E sinking the German barge F 592. (see map)
16 Nov 1943
At 1432 hours ShCh-215 fires 2 torpedoes against the small German minesweeper MT 1 west of Yevpatoriya, Crimea in position 45º10'N, 32º51'E. Both torpedoes missed their target. (see map)
27 Mar 1944
At 0910 hours ShCh-215 fires 4 torpedoes against the German merchant Totila (2760 GRT) and it's escort the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 117/Lola in position 44º00'N, 31º10'E. All torpedoes fired missed their targets. (see map)
16 Apr 1944
At 0949 hours ShCh-215 attacks a German convoy with 4 torpedoes in position 44º18'N, 31º19'E. The German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 115/Rosita was missed in this attack. (see map)
5 Aug 1944
SC-215 sinks the Turkish motor schooner Mefkure (52 GRT) with torpedo and gunfire north-west of the Bosporus in position 41º57'N, 28º47'E. The Mefkure was carring Jewish refugees. In all 305 people were killed. There were only 11 survivors. (see map)
24 Aug 1944
ShCh-215 torpedoes and sinks the Bulgarian sailing vessel Vita (180 GRT) north of Cape Emine, Bulgaria in position 42º47'N, 27º55'E. (see map)