Maritime History

German auxiliary cruiser Widder

Widder (HSK 3) was an auxiliary cruiser (Hilfskreuzer) of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine 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 (Ram) represents the constellation Aries in German.

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See also

• ▸HMS Leopard (1790)
• ▸Battle of Saguntum and Siege of Valencia orders of battle
• ▸HMS Sirius (1786)

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