Geier (freighter)
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Saint Théodore| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Owner | Brit. & Foreign. S.S. Co. |
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| Registry | Liverpool |
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| Builder | W. Hamilton & Co., Glasgow |
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| Laid down | 1913 |
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| Launched | 25 April 1913 |
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| Fate | Captured by SMS Möwe and scuttled on 14 February 1917 |
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German: Geier| Hide header | title |
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| Country | German Empire |
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| Namesake | Vulture |
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| Acquired | 12 December 1916 (taken as prize) |
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| Commissioned | 28 December 1916 |
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| Fate | scuttled on 14 February 1917 |
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Geier (freighter)| Displacement | 9,700 long tons (9,856 t) |
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| Length | 127.2 m (417 ft 4 in) |
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| Beam | 15.85 m (52 ft 0 in) |
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| Height | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in) |
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| Draught | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
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| Decks | 2 |
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| Propulsion | 1,800 hp (1,300 kW) steam engine |
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| Speed | 12.6 knots (23.3 km/h; 14.5 mph) |
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| Crew | - As German auxiliary cruiser:
- 2 officers, 46 enlisted
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| Armament | |
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Geier was a British cargo ship named Saint Théodore that was captured by the German commerce raider SMS Möwe in the North Atlantic Ocean at 39°30′N 17°30′W on 12 December 1916. First put into Imperial German Navy service as an auxiliary ship on 14 December 1916, Geier was commissioned as an auxiliary cruiser (German: Hilfskreuzer) on 28 December and operated in the South Atlantic Ocean until 14 February 1917, when she was scuttled near Ilha da Trindade.[1]
References
- ^ Geier (Hilfskreuzer) at german-navy.de.