Tbilisi
Soviet Steam merchant
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| Name | Tbilisi | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7,169 tons | ||
| Completed | 1912 - Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges., Flensburg | ||
| Owner | Dalnevostochnoe Gosudarstvennoe Morskoe Parokhodstvo (DGMP), Wladiwostok | ||
| Homeport | Odessa | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Sep 1943 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-636 (Hans Hildebrandt) | ||
| Position | 72° 35'N, 80° 36'E - Grid AS 4942 | ||
| Complement | ? men (2 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Dudinka (6 Sep) - Dikson | ||
| Cargo | Coal | ||
| History | Completed in October 1912 as German Ramses for DDG Kosmos, Hamburg. 1922 renamed Pfalz for Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. 1933 sold to the Sovietunion and renamed Tiflis. 1937 renamed Tbilisi. | ||
| Notes on event | At 18.15 hours on 6 Sep 1943 the Tbilisi (Master V.K. Subbotin) struck a mine laid on 23 August by U-636 off Yenisejskij Zaliv, about 5 miles west of Krestovyj Island in the Enisej estuary, Kara Sea. The explosion occured between #2 and #3 holds, downed the foremast and began flooding the engine room. Two crew members were killed. The master tried to beach the ship, but she sank in 72°22´4N/80°33´1E on a depth of 13 metres. The ship was en route together with the Soviet steam merchant Svijaga, escorted by T-896 (No 42). | ||
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