Geier (freighter) explained

Geier was a British cargo ship named Saint Théodore that was captured by the German commerce raider in the North Atlantic Ocean at 39.5°N -47°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 (German: Hilfskreuzer) on 28 December and operated in the South Atlantic Ocean until 14 February 1917, when she was scuttled near Ilha da Trindade.^[1]

-21.0167°N -80°W

Notes and References

1. http://www.german-navy.de/hochseeflotte/ships/auxcruiser/geier/index.html Geier (Hilfskreuzer)