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SS Buresk was a 4,337-ton steamship built by Richardson , Duck and Company , Thornaby-on-Tees for Burdick and Cook , London in 1914 .. Thornaby-on-Tees. Thornaby-on-Tees. London. London. During World War I , Buresk was captured by the Imperial German Navy light cruiser while on her way to Hong Kong with a cargo of coal in 1914 .. World War I. World War I. Imperial German Navy. Imperial German Navy. light cruiser. light cruiser. Hong Kong. Hong Kong. coal. coal. Emden ′ s crew retained her as a prize and used her as a prison ship and collier .. prize. Prize ( law ). prison ship. prison ship. collier. Collier ( ship ). Under the command of Lieutenant Commander R. Klopper , she coaled Emden near the Nicobar Islands on 26 October 1914 .. command. Commanding officer. Lieutenant Commander. Lieutenant Commander. Nicobar Islands. Nicobar Islands. On 9 November 1914 , the Royal Australian Navy light cruiser sank Emden in the Cocos -LRB- Keeling -RRB- Islands in the Battle of Cocos .. light cruiser. light cruiser. Royal Australian Navy. Royal Australian Navy. Battle of Cocos. Battle of Cocos. Unaware of this , Buresk approached the islands to coal Emden again , then attempted to flee when she sighted Sydney .. coal. coal. Sydney chased her down , and her crew was in the process of scuttling her when a Sydney boarding party came aboard .. scuttling. scuttling. The boarding party found that her inlet valves had been opened and irreparably damaged .. Sydney then sank her with gunfire .