Soviet submarine Shch-214

Shch-214 was a Shchuka-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down by 61 Kommunara in Nikolajev on 13 July 1935. She was launched on 23 April 1937 and commissioned on 4 March 1939 in the Black Sea Fleet. The submarine was under the command of Captain Vlasov Vladimir Yakovlevich until the loss of the vessel.

Service history
Shch-214 served in the southern Black Sea, with some success, often striking against neutral Turkish schooners.

On 22 January 1942, she was damaged in a storm at Tuapse when she was crushed against the quayside by the destroyer SOVIET DESTROYER Boyky. Repairs took fifteen days to complete.

Loss
After her patrols in the southern Black Sea, the submarine was employed as a transport unit to support the Soviet forces in the Siege of Sevastopol. During one of these missions, Shch-214 was torpedoed while on the surface by the Italian motor torpedo boat MAS-571 on 19 June 1942. Two of her crew were taken as prisoners of war and one later escaped.