| Name: | ELBRUZ |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 26/02/1914 |
| Completed: | 07/1914 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 189 |
| Dimensions: | 4881grt, 2511nrt, 375.2 x 51.3 x 27.4ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 6cyl (540 x 1000mm), 523nhp; |
| (1933: 2 x Oil engines, 4SCSA, 6cyl (580 x 840mm), 605nhp) | |
| Engines by: | Nederlandsche Fabriek van Werktuigen en Spoorwagmateriels, Amsterdam; |
| (1933: Kolomskie State Engine Works) | |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 11.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 07/1914 | Soc Anon d’Armement, d’Industrie et de Commerce, Antwerp |
| 1925 | Government Black & Azov Seas Steamship Co, Odessa |
| 1933 | Morflot, Odessa; renamed SURAKHANNEFT |
| 1934 | Sovtorgflot, Odessa; renamed SURAKHANY |
| 1935 | USSR, Tuapse; renamed VALERIAN KUIBYSHEV |
| 02/04/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 21/06/1918: Scuttled at Novorossiysk to avoid capture by German forces |
| Subsequently refloated but scuttled again in 1919 | |
| 1925: Raised by Soviet salvors and rebuilt, then 4269grt | |
| 1933: Re-engined by Kolomskie State Engine Works | |
| 02/04/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by German aircraft, 40 miles SE of Kesch, Black Sea | |
| On a voyage from Novorrosisk to Kamysh Burum with a cargo of petrol & diesel |
Above photo as ELBRUZ is courtesy of Photoship
Newcastle Journal, Friday, 27/02/1914