Geier (freighter)
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | 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 | Captured by SMS Möwe and scuttled on 14 February 1917 |
 German Empire | |
| Name | German: Geier |
| Namesake | Vulture |
| Acquired | 12 December 1916 (taken as prize) |
| Commissioned | 28 December 1916 |
| Fate | scuttled on 14 February 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
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| Tonnage | 4,992 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Displacement | 9,700 long tons (9,856 t) |
| 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) |
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Geier was a British
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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