Buka (ship)

Buka

Ship data flag  German Empire Ship type Steamship Shipyard Ulderup & Schlueter , Hong Kong Build number 45 Commissioning 1911 Whereabouts self-sunk

Ship dimensions and crew length 22.25 m ( Lüa ) width 4.11 m Draft Max. 2.38 m displacement ~ 130 t measurement 58 GRT   crew ?

Machine system machine Steam engine Machine performance 115 PS (85 kW) propeller 1

The Buka was a station steamer of the Imperial Governorate of German New Guinea .

history

The Buka was built in 1911 by Ulderup & Schlueter on behalf of the German New Guinea Protected Area in Hong Kong . She was a yacht for station service in the Solomon Islands . The ship was named after the island of Buka in the Solomon Islands.

After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, the Buka sank in November 1914 when an Australian warship approached Kieta , the German government station on the island of Bougainville .

literature

• Erich Gröner : The German warships 1815-1945 Volume 7, Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1990, ISBN 3-7637-4807-5 , pages 223-224.

Web links

• History of the Buka at pacificwrecks.com , accessed February 2, 2020
• Buka shipyard plaque on the Australian War Memorial website , accessed February 2, 2020