| Name: | VELIKIY KNYAZ ALEKSEY or GRAND DUKE ALEXIS |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 08/05/1890 |
| Completed: | 08/1890 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 298 |
| Dimensions: | 1850grt, 1079nrt, 298.2 x 37.0 x 25.0ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (30, 46 & 73 x 48ins), 457nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 08/1890 | Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Co (ROPIT), Odessa |
| 30/07/1914 | Russian Imperial Navy - Black Sea Fleet |
| 03/1917 | Renamed ALEKSEY |
| 26/07/1917 | Renamed PESTEL |
| 02/1921 | Government of USSR - Black Sea-Azov Shipping Co (Sovtorgflot) |
| 19/06/1944 | Sank |
| Comments: | 30/07/1914: Requisitioned as a minelayer |
| 05/1918: Russian civil war, Russian White navy, used as a naval trasport | |
| 1920: Russian Red navy - Black Sea Fleet as a war prize | |
| 19/06/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U20 8 miles NE of Trebizond, Turkey |
Above photo as ALEKSEY is courtesy of Lemachko BV
Above photo as PESTEL is courtesy of Andrey Nelogov
Above photo as PESTEL is courtesy of Andrey Nelogov
Above photo as PESTEL is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 10/05/1890