German auxiliary raider Adjutant

Adjutant was a Kriegsmarine (German Navy) commerce raider that served during World War II.

Adjutant
History
Name: Pol IX
Owner: Hvalfangerselskapet "Polaris" A/S
Port of registry: Larvik
Builder: Smiths Dock Company , Middlesbrough
Yard number: 1050
Launched: 1937
Fate: taken as prize by German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin on 14 January 1941
Nazi Germany
Name: Adjutant
Acquired: 14 January 1941
Commissioned: 10 February 1941
Reclassified: 24 May 1941
Fate: scuttled in Cook Strait, 1 July 1941
General characteristics
Tonnage: 354 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 42.80 m (140 ft 5 in)
Beam: 8.02 m (26 ft 4 in)
Draught: 3.47 m (11 ft 5 in)
Propulsion: 1,600 ihp (1,200 kW) steam engine
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range: 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement: 2 officers, 14 enlisted
Armament:

Built as the Norwegian whaler Pol IX, she was captured on 14 January 1941 by the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin. She was renamed Adjutant and used as a commerce raider. Captained by Adjutant Hemmer and used a first as a scout, she then was used as a minelayer in the South Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean. She was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean on 1 July 1941 by the German auxiliary cruiser Komet after suffering engine trouble off the Chatham Islands.

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