Tbilisi
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| Name | Tbilisi | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7.169 tons | ||
| Completed | 1912 - Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges., Flensburg | ||
| Owner | Dal´nevostochnoe Gosudarstvennoe Morskoe Parokhodstvo (DGMP) | ||
| Homeport | Odessa | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Sep, 1943 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-636 (Hans Hildebrandt) | ||
| Position | 72.35N, 80.36E - Grid AS 4942 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (2 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Dudinka (6 Sep) - Dikson | ||
| Cargo | coal | ||
| History | Built as Ramses, 1920 renamed Pfalz, 1933 renamed Tiflis, 1937 renamed Tbilisi | ||
| Notes on loss | 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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