Klio was a 1,403 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1924 by AG Weser, Bremen, Germany for Neptun Line.

In 1945, she was seized by the Allies and passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), renamed Empire Conclyde.

[3] On 18 September 1925, the steamer пароход was transferred under the management of the combined German-Dutch company «Deutsch-Niederlandische Finanzabkommen GmbH», Berlin.

[4] At the beginning of World War II the ship Klio based at the Spanish ports of Bilbao and Muzel (Russian: Музел).

Her port of registry was changed to London and the Code Letters GSPZ, and United Kingdom Official Number BR № 180740.

[1][5] In March 1946, as per repatriation, Empire Conclyde was transferred to the Soviet Union, renamed Shota Rustavelli (Russian: Шота Руставели) signed on to Sakhalin Shipping Company.