Geier (freighter)

Geier was a British cargo ship named Saint Théodore that was captured by the German commerce raider SMS Möwe (1914) in the North Atlantic Ocean at 39.5°N, -17.5°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 (Hilfskreuzer) on 28 December and operated in the South Atlantic Ocean until 14 February 1917, when she was scuttled near Ilha da Trindade.