Soviet submarine ShCh-317

ShCh-317 was a Shchuka-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down by A.Marti in Leningrad on 23 July 1934. She was launched on 24 September 1935 and commissioned on 29 September 1936 in the Baltic Fleet. During the 1942 campaign, the submarine was under the command of Captain Mokhov Nikolay Konstantinovich and took part in the Soviet submarine campaign on 1942 in Baltic Sea. ShCh-317 scored victories, but was sunk in action. In the last mission was also onboard the submarine division commander Captain 2nd Rank V.A. Yegorov.

Loss
While returning home after the successful campaign of summer 1942, the submarine was sunk. The most likely cause of the sinking was an attack with depth charges made by Finnish minealyer Finnish minelayer Ruotsinsalmi

Service history
Submarine made all the victories in summer 1942, scoring a good success, against the German-Swedish iron ore shipping lines (the main target of 1942 Soviet submarine campaign). ShCh-317 was lost when returning home after the campaign.

The submarine also torpedoed and damaged the Danish merchant Orion (2,405 GRT) on 19 June 1942.