| Navy | The Soviet Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | ShCh (Scuka) |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | 61 Kommunara (Nikolajev, U.S.S.R.) / Yard 200 |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 25 May 1934 |
| Launched | 2 Mar 1936 |
| Commissioned | 31 Dec 1936 |
| End service | 7 Feb 1956 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Black Sea fleet. Decommissioned on 7 February 1956. |
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Noteable events involving ShCh-209 include:
2 Dec 1941
At 1341 hours ShCh-209 fires a torpedo against a sailing vessel of Burgas, Hongaria. The torpedo ran underneath the target.
9 Jun 1943
At 1452 hours ShCh-309 attacks a German convoy west-north-west of Yevpatoriya, Crimea in position 45º17'N, 32º46'E with 3 torpedoes. The German merchant Charkov (6689 GRT, former Russian) and the Bulgarian merchant Varna (2141 GRT) were missed in this attack. (see map)
12 Jun 1943
At 1856 hours ShCh-209 fires two torpedoes against the German barge F 304 west of Yevpatoriya, Crimea in position 45º14N, 32º53E. Both torpedoes missed their target. (see map)
17 Jun 1943
At 0618 hours ShCh-209 fires two torpedoes against ' what is identified as ' a merchant of unknown tonnage west of Yevpatoriya, Crimea in position 45º10'N, 32º52'E. Both torpedoes missed their target. (see map)
21 Jun 1943
At 1645hours ShCh-209 fires a torpedo against a German barge near Cape Tarkhankut. The torpedo failed to hit the target.
21 Aug 1943
At 0843 hours ShCh-209 fires three torpedoes against the Hungarian merchant Szeged (594 GRT) off the Bosporus in position 41º17'N, 29º09'E. All torpedoes fired missed their target. (see map)
1 Dec 1943
From 1553-1602 hours Soviet submarine D-4 was spotted by the Soviet submarine Shch-209. D-4 was not heard or seen again.
2 Dec 1943
At 1634hours ShCh-209 fires 4 torpedoes against a German convoy west of Yevpatoriya, Crimea in position 45º13'N, 32º49'E. The German barge F 566 sinks as a result of this attack. (see map)
4 Dec 1943
While on patrol west of Yevpatoriya in position 45º14'N, 32º55'E, ShCh-209 attacks a convoy and fires 2 torpedoes against ' what is identified as ' a merchant of about 1500 GRT. Both torpedoes missed their target.
Following this attack Shch-209 was depth charged by the German auxiliary submarine chasers UJ-102, UJ-103, UJ-307, UJ-2305 and UJ-2308. ShCh-209 was lightly damaged but managed to escape. This attack is often credited with the loss of the Russian submarine D-4 but this is incorrect. (see map)
19 Jul 1944
At 2035 hours ShCh-209 attacks a convoy north-east of the Bosporus in position 41º21'N, 29º18'E and fires 4 torpedoes against the Turkish merchant Kanarya (2363 GRT). All 4 torpedoes missed their target. (see map)
20 Jul 1944
At 1508hours ShCh-209 sinks the Turkish sailing vessel Semsi Bahri (26 GRT) with gunfire north-west of the Bosporus in position 41º43'N, 28º45'E. (see map)
26 Jul 1944
At 0650 hours ShCh-209 fires two torpedoes against ' what is identified as ' a sailing vessel west-north-west of the Bosporus in position 41º35'N, 28º33'E. Both torpedoes missed their target.
Immediately after this attack ShCh-209 attacked and damaged a sailing vessel with gunfire. (see map)