The Last Raider Author:Douglas Reeman The Vulkan sailed from Kiel on Demember 28, 1917. She was a German commerce raider. The last raider. First of all, she had to break through the British blockade. Then, striking west and south to the open seas, to sink and destroy every ship, every cargo, before it could be delivered to the enemies of the Fatherland. — At this stage of th... more »e war, Germany needed a gesture, and the Vulkan was to be that gesture. There had been other raiders, but unlike those earlier predessors, she would be alone with every man's hand against her. And to Korvetten Kapitan Felix von Steiger fell the duty of making the voyage possible.« less