Adjutant was a Kriegsmarine (German Navy) commerce raider that served during World War II.

The vessel was initially the Norwegian whaler Pol IX until captured in 1941 by the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin.

Built as the Norwegian whaler Pol IX, she was captured on 14 January 1941 by the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin.

On the night of 24–25 July 1941 the ship lay ten mines in the approaches to Lyttleton Harbour, New Zealand.

[1] She was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean on 1 July 1941 by the German auxiliary cruiser Komet after suffering engine trouble off the Chatham Islands.