German auxiliary raider Adjutant
| Career | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Career (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: | 42.8 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) @ 14 knots |
| Complement: | 2 officers, 14 enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 × 6 cm (2.4 in) boat gun 2 × 2 cm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft guns 20 mines |
The Adjutant was a Nazi Germany auxiliary raider which served as a commerce raider 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 as a scout. She then was used as a minelayer in the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean. She was scuttled on 1 July 1941 by the German auxiliary cruiser Komet after suffering engine trouble off Chatham Islands.