| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| David R. Clark and others (Gibson & Clark), Glasgow |
Glasgow |
05/09/1888 |
| Other names |
| 8/1915 WALTHER - 1916 SEEADLER |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
02/1908 River Plate Shipping Company, Montreal - manager Richard Lee, Boston USA
1909 Ship 'Pass of Balmaha' Co. Ltd., Montreal - manager George I. Dewar, Toronto - reg. Glasgow
c.12/1914 Harby Ship Co, New York (Harris-Irby Cotton Co., Oklahoma City?) - reg. Boston
12/1916 German Navy |
| Vessel history |
07/1915 intercepted by British Armed Merchant Cruiser VIRGINIAN in the North Sea (New York for Archangel with cotton), seized on suspicion of carrying contraband and naval crew put on board to take her to Kirkwall for inspection, British flag hoisted. 04/08/1915 captured by German submarine U-36 in the North Sea while en route to Kirkwall, taken to Cuxhaven and converted by Johannes C. Tecklenborg AG at Geestemünde to an armed raider with auxiliary diesel engine
12/1916 commissioned into the German Navy (commanded by Count Von Luckner)
Between 21/12/1916 and 08/09/1917 (including one French ship by the crew after SEEADLER's loss) captured 16 ships, mostly sailing vessels. |
| Remarks |
*Note: the circumstances and extent of ownership and/or registration in the USA is obscure and is being further researched
The reported initial renaming after capture in 1915 as WALTHER is not confirmed. |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1917 |
Wrecked 02/08/1917 |
| Disposal Detail |
| 02/08/1917 wrecked on Mopelia Island in the Society Islands, French Polynesia, after being struck by a tidal wave. |
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