| Name: | KOURSK also seen as KURSK |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 16/01/1911 |
| Completed: | 06/1911 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 873 |
| Dimensions: | 6254grt, 3655nrt, 407.4 x 51.1 x 29.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 51ins), 509nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1918: 142438) |
| History: | |
| 06/1911 | Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, Odessa |
| 30/05/1918 | The Shipping Controller (Royal Mail Steam Packet Co Ltd), London |
| 1923 | Anglo-Russian Volunteer Fleet Ltd, London |
| 1925 | Arcos Steamship Co Ltd, London |
| 1925 | A/O 'Sovtorgflot', Leningrad / Odessa |
| 1934 | Chernomorskoye Parokhodstvo, Odessa |
| 1953 | Hulked |
| Comments: | 16/01/1911: Launched without name as a speculative contract |
| 03/1911: Purchased by the Russian Volunteer Fleet for £66,000 | |
| Accommodation for 30 x 1st Class passengers & 1280 x emigrants or troops | |
| 02/07/1942: Damaged in air attack at Novorossisk, subsequently repaired | |
| 1953: Withdrawn from service & hulked |
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 28/06/1911