Allied Warships

ShCh-201

Submarine of the ShCh (Scuka) class

NavyThe Soviet Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassShCh (Scuka) 
Pennant 
Mod3rd group (Type V-modified) 
Built byA. Marti (Leningrad, U.S.S.R.) / Yard 194 and 61 Kommunara (Nikolajev, U.S.S.R.) / Yard 200 
Ordered 
Laid down14 Aug 1933 
Launched3 Apr 1934 
Commissioned5 Aug 1935 
End service 
History

Black Sea fleet.

Stricken on 29 December 1955.

 

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Notable events involving ShCh-201 include:


7 Jul 1943
Shch-201 fires 6 torpedoes against a convoy made up of the Romanian merchant Ardeal (5695 BRT), the Bulgarian merchant Varna (2141 BRT), the Romanian destroyers Maresti, Marasesti and the Romanian minesweepers Locotenant-Commandor Stihi Eugen and Sublocotenant Ghiculescu some 30 nautical miles west of Yevpatoriya, Crimea in position 45°05'N, 32°43'E. All six torpedoes missed their target. Marasesti claims to have sunk the attacking submarine but this is incorrect.

19 Oct 1943
ShCh-201 attacks a convoy about 40 nautical miles west of Yevpatoriya, Crimea in position 45°04'N, 32°28'E and fires four torpedoes against the Romanian merchant Ardeal (5695 BRT) and the Hungarian merchant Kassa (1022 BRT). All four torpedoes missed their target.

4 Dec 1943
ShCh-201 fires four torpedoes against ' what is identified as ' a barge about 40 nautical miles west-south-west of Ak Mechet, Crimea in position 45°18'N, 31°48'E. All four torpedoes missed their target.

6 May 1944
ShCh-201 fires four torpedoes against a German convoy about 70 nautical miles west-south-west of Cape Tarkhankut, Crimea in position 44°27'N, 31°45'E. The German transport KT-26 was missed.

11 May 1944
ShCh-201 fires two torpedoes against the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 105 in the Black Sea about 100 nautical miles east of Constanta, Romania in position 44°14'N, 30°58'E. Both torpedoes missed their target.

12 May 1944
At 0859 hours ShCh-201 fires two torpedoes against ' what is identified as ' a merchant of 4500 tons in the Black Sea about 105 nautical miles east of Constanta, Romania in position 44°12'N, 31°05'E. Both torpedoes missed their target.

At 2115 hours ShCh-201 fires two torpedoes against ' what is identified as ' a barge in the Black Sea about 100 nautical miles east of Constanta, Romania in position 44°13'N, 31°00'E. Both torpedoes missed their target.


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