Merchant raiders are armed commerce raiding ships that disguise themselves as non-combatant merchant vessels. Germany used several merchant raiders early...
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Armed merchantman (redirect from Armed Merchant Cruiser)
In more modern times, auxiliary cruisers were used offensively as merchant raiders to disrupt trade chiefly during both World War I and World War II,...
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Look up raider in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Raider(s) may refer to: Cylon Raider, a fighter spacecraft in various Battlestar Galactica TV series...
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Commerce raiding (redirect from Commerce raider)
against Britain and her allies, principally with U-boats, but also with merchant raiders and light cruisers, and even occasionally with naval airships. During...
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German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis (redirect from Atlantis merchant cruiser)
and to the Royal Navy as Raider-C, was a converted German Hilfskreuzer (auxiliary cruiser), or merchant or commerce raider of the Kriegsmarine, which...
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German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran (category World War II commerce raiders)
Kormoran (HSK-8) was a Kriegsmarine (German navy) merchant raider of World War II. Originally the merchant vessel Steiermark ("Styria"), the ship was acquired...
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Atlantic 4 April – Action of 4 April 1941 – German merchant raider Thor engages and sinks British merchant raider HMS Voltair off Cape Verde 6 April – Action...
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destroyers and submarines to stop German merchant ships leaving the Dutch East Indies. 11 May 1940: German merchant raider Atlantis entered the Indian Ocean...
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Kaiserliche Marine German armed merchant raider SMS Cormoran (1909), a transport ship built for Russia and captured by the German raider SMS Emden during World...
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German auxiliary cruiser Widder (category World War II commerce raiders)
that was used as a merchant raider in the Second World War. Her Kriegsmarine designation was Schiff 21, to the Royal Navy she was Raider D. The name Widder...
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1982) was a German naval officer who, during World War II, commanded a merchant raider. Later, he became a Konteradmiral in West Germany's navy. Rogge became...
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Luckner (1881–1966), a German naval officer who commanded the famed merchant raider SMS Seeadler (1916–1917) during World War I . Luckner owned Krummbek...
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self-defense Merchant aircraft carrier A merchant vessel capable of launching aircraft Merchant raider An armed vessel used for raiding disguised as a merchant vessel...
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German auxiliary cruiser Orion (category World War II commerce raiders)
auxiliary cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine which operated as a merchant raider in World War II. Blohm & Voss built her in Hamburg in 1930–31 as the...
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SMS Greif (1914) (category World War I commerce raiders)
SMS Greif was a German cargo steamship that was converted into a merchant raider for the Imperial German Navy. Built as Guben, she was a 4,962 GRT steel-hulled...
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SS Automedon (category World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom)
losses in the First World War. A converted German auxiliary cruiser and merchant raider Atlantis captured and scuttled Automedon in 1940 in the Indian Ocean...
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prominent and highly successful merchant raider commander for Nazi Germany, serving as the captain of the commerce raiders Widder and Michel. After the war...
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Tirranna on 10 June 1940, was more of a merchant raider. The Imperial Japanese Navy converted the 2,205-ton merchant ship, Delhi Maru, into a Q-ship. On 15...
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Guided missile cruiser Heavy cruiser Pocket battleship Light cruiser Merchant raider Protected cruiser Scout cruiser Strike cruiser Torpedo cruiser Unprotected...
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SMS Greif (auxiliary cruiser), a converted freighter serving as a merchant raider with Imperial Germany in World War I German torpedo boat Greif, 1925–1944...
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SMS Möwe (1914) (category World War I commerce raiders)
SMS Möwe ([ˈmøːvə]; German: Seagull) was a merchant raider of the Imperial German Navy which operated against Allied shipping during World War I. Disguised...
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Guided missile cruiser Heavy cruiser Pocket battleship Light cruiser Merchant raider Protected cruiser Scout cruiser Strike cruiser Torpedo cruiser Unprotected...
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Guided missile cruiser Heavy cruiser Pocket battleship Light cruiser Merchant raider Protected cruiser Scout cruiser Strike cruiser Torpedo cruiser Unprotected...
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invasion of India as a whole. After a very successful career as a merchant raider, Emden was engaged by HMAS Sydney at the Battle of Cocos, where the...
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SMS Seeadler (1888) (category World War I commerce raiders)
last fighting sailing ships to be used in war when she served as a merchant raider with Imperial Germany in World War I. Built as the British-flagged...
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the German commerce raider Thor (known as Raider E to the Royal Navy). Whilst on patrol, she intercepted the Vichy French merchant Poitiers, which had...
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with little or no experience of warship construction. Although built to merchant standards, the design incorporated better watertight subdivision. Expected...
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Guided missile cruiser Heavy cruiser Pocket battleship Light cruiser Merchant raider Protected cruiser Scout cruiser Strike cruiser Torpedo cruiser Unprotected...
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Miraglia (Italy, converted from merchant vessel Citta de Messina in 1927) Dédalo (Spain, converted from the German merchant vessel Neuenfels in 1922) HMS Ark...
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Guided missile cruiser Heavy cruiser Pocket battleship Light cruiser Merchant raider Protected cruiser Scout cruiser Strike cruiser Torpedo cruiser Unprotected...
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