Tuapse
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| Name | Tuapse | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6,320 tons | ||
| Completed | 1931 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Walker-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Sovtorgflot, Moscow | ||
| Homeport | Tuapse | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Jul 1942 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-129 (Hans-Ludwig Witt) | ||
| Position | 22.13N, 86.06W - Grid DL 6575 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 44 (8 dead and 36 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Durban - New Orleans | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in June 1931 as British Germanic for Sir Walter H. Cockerline, Hull. 1932 sold to the Soviet Union and renamed Stanislav KossiorTuapse. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.29 hours on 4 Jul, 1942, the unescorted Tuapse was hit by two torpedoes from U-129 northwest of Havana after the ship had been spotted about 4 hours earlier. The tanker developed a list, but still continued and was straightened by counter-flooding. At 00.19 hours, the U-boat fired a third torpedo that hit the stern of the ship and caused her to sink. In November 1941 the Tuapse had been ordered to leave the Black Sea for the Pacific, passing through the Aegean Sea to Suez in January 1942. | ||
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