Geier (freighter)

The Geier (German: 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 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.

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