German auxiliary cruiser Michel

History
Germany
Name	Bielsko
Operator	Gdynia-America-Line
Builder	Danziger Werft, Danzig
Launched	April 1939
Fate	Requisitioned by Kriegsmarine, 1939
Nazi Germany
Name	Michel
Namesake	Deutscher Michel
Operator	Kriegsmarine
Commissioned	7 September 1941
Renamed	Bonn (1939) Michel (1941)
Reclassified	Hospital Ship (1939) Auxiliary cruiser (1941)
Nickname(s)	HSK-9 Schiff-28 Raider H
Fate	Sunk on 17 October 1943 by U.S submarine USS Tarpon east of Yokohama
General characteristics
Tonnage	4,740 GRT
Displacement	10,900 tons
Length	132 m (433 ft)
Beam	16.8 m (55 ft)
Draught	7.4 m (24 ft)
Propulsion	2 MAN 8-cyl. Diesel, one shaft, 6,650 shp (4.889 MW)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range	34,000 nautical miles (63,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	395 (incl. 18 officers), 5 prize-officers
Armament	6 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45 1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45 2 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 4 × twin 2 cm (0.79 in) FlaK 30 6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes (2 twins overwater, 2 mounted singles underwater) 1 x Torpedo boat LS 4 Esau
Aircraft carried	2 Arado Ar 196 A-2

Michel (HSK-9) was an auxiliary cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated as a merchant raider during World War II. Built by Danziger Werft in Danzig 1938/39 as the freighter Bielsko for the Polish Gdynia-America-Line (GAL), she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine at the outbreak of World War II and converted into the hospital ship Bonn. In the summer of 1941, she was converted into the auxiliary cruiser Michel, and was commissioned on 7 September 1941. Known as Schiff 28, her Royal Navy designation was Raider H. She was the last operative German raider of World War II.