| Geier (freighter) | |
|---|---|
| Career (UK) |  United Kingdom |
| Name: | SS Saint Théodore |
| Owner: | Brit. & Foreign. S.S. Co. |
| Port of registry: | Liverpool |
| Builder: | W. Hamilton & Co., Glasgow |
| Laid down: | 1913 |
| Launched: | 25 April 1913 |
| Fate: | taken by SMS Möwe and scuttled on 14 February 1917 |
| Career (German Empire) |  |
| Name: | Geier (German language: (Hilfskreuzer) |
| Namesake: | Vulture |
| Acquired: | 12 December 1916 (taken as prize) |
| Commissioned: | 28 December 1916 |
| Fate: | scuttled on 14 February 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 4,992 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Displacement: | 9,700 tons |
| Length: | 127.2 m (417 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 15.85 m (52 ft 0 in) |
| Height: | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 6.4 m (21 ft) |
| Decks: | 2 |
| Propulsion: | 1,800 ihp (1,300 kW) steam engine |
| Speed: | 12.6 knots (23.3 km/h; 14.5 mph) |
| Crew: | (as German auxiliary cruiser) 2 officers, 46 enlisted |
| Armament: | (as German auxiliary cruiser) 2× 5.2 cm (2.0 in) guns |
The Geier (German language: Hilfskreuzer) was a British cargo ship named Saint Théodore, captured by the German commerce raider SMS Möwe in the North Atlantic at 39°30′N 17°30′W / 39.5°N 17.5°W on 12 December 1916. First put into Imperial German Navy service as an auxiliary ship on14 December 1916, Geier was commissioned as an auxiliary cruiser on 28 December and operated in the South Atlantic until 14 February 1917 when she was scuttled near Ilha da Trindade.[1]
Coordinates: 21°01′S 31°49′W / 21.017°S 31.817°W
References[]
- ↑ Geier (Hilfskreuzer) at german-navy.de.
The original article can be found at Geier (freighter) and the edit history here.