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Geier was a British cargo ship named Saint Théodore that was captured by the German commerce raider Möwe in the North Atlantic Ocean at 39°30′N 17°30′W / 39.500°N 17.500°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]
21°01′S 31°49′W / 21.017°S 31.817°W
References
- ^ Geier (Hilfskreuzer) at german-navy.de.
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