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.

[2] 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 Boyky.

[4] 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.