German auxiliary cruiser Stier

	Stier under way.
History
Germany
Owner	Atlas Levant Line
Builder	Germaniawerft
Launched	1936
Christened	Cairo
Fate	Requisitioned by Kriegsmarine, 1939
Nazi Germany
Name	Stier
Namesake	Taurus
Operator	Kriegsmarine
Yard number	6
Recommissioned	10 May 1942
Renamed	Stier, 1939
Reclassified	Auxiliary cruiser, 1939
Nickname(s)	HSK-6; Schiff 23; Raider J;
Fate	Scuttled in the South Atlantic, 27 September 1942
General characteristics
Tonnage	4,778 GRT
Displacement	11,000 tons
Length	134 m (440 ft)
Beam	17.3 m (57 ft)
Draught	7.2 m (24 ft)
Propulsion	1 × 7-cylinder diesel engine, 3,750 hp (2,796 kW)
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Range	50,000 nmi (93,000 km; 58,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance	173 days
Complement	324
Armament	6 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45 ; 1 × 75 mm (3 in) L/35 gun; 1 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30; 4 × single 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 guns; 2 × submerged 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes;
Aircraft carried	2 × Arado Ar 231 floatplanes

Stier (HSK 6) was an auxiliary cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her Kriegsmarine designation was Schiff 23, to the Royal Navy she was Raider J.

The name Stier means "bull" and also represents the Taurus constellation in the German language. She was the last German raider to break out into the Atlantic in World War II.

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