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	1 × 6 cm (2.4 in) boat gun 2 × 2 cm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft guns 20 mines

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.