SS Buresk (1914)

SS Buresk was a 4,337-ton steamship built by Richardson, Duck and Company, Thornaby-on-Tees for Burdick and Cook, London in 1914. During World War I, Buresk was captured by the Imperial German Navy light cruiser SMS Emden while on her way to Hong Kong with a cargo of coal in 1914. Emden′s crew retained her as a prize and used her as a prison ship and collier. Under the command of Lieutenant Commander R. Klöpper, she coaled Emden near the Nicobar Islands on 26 October 1914.

SS Buresk (1914)

SS Buresk was a 4,337-ton steamship built by Richardson, Duck and Company, Thornaby-on-Tees for Burdick and Cook, London in 1914. During World War I, Buresk was captured by the Imperial German Navy light cruiser SMS Emden while on her way to Hong Kong with a cargo of coal in 1914. Emden′s crew retained her as a prize and used her as a prison ship and collier. Under the command of Lieutenant Commander R. Klöpper, she coaled Emden near the Nicobar Islands on 26 October 1914.