Name Pol IX Yard number 1050 Launched 1937 Draft 3.47 m | Port of registry Larvik Name Adjutant Length 43 m | |
Owner Hvalfangerselskapet "Polaris" A/S Fate taken as prize by German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin on 14 January 1941 Builders Smiths Dock Company, Middlesbrough | ||
Adjutant was a Kriegsmarine (German Navy) commerce raider that served during in World War II.
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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