SS Sukhumi
| History | |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | A Vuyk & Zonen |
| Yard number | 688 |
| Launched | 2 February 1944 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hansa A type Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 1,923 GRT 900 NRT, 3,000 DWT |
| Length | 85.24 m (279 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 13.26 m (43 ft 6 in) |
| Depth | 7.49 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power | Compound steam engine, 1,200IHP |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h) |
Sukhumi (Russian: Суху́ми) was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built as Benue in 1944 by A Vuyk & Zonen, Capelle aan den Ijssel, Overijssel, Netherlands for the Deutsche Afrika Linien, Hamburg. She was seized as a prize of war in 1945, passing to the Ministry of War Transport and renamed Empire Gable. Allocated to the Soviet Union in 1946, she served until 1969 when she was scrapped at Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom.