Ulrich Mohr

Ulrich Mohr was a German naval officer and the adjutant (first officer) on the ''Kriegsmarine'' auxiliary cruiser during the Second World War, where one of his functions was to board captured ships and search for secret papers that might be of use to the German war effort.

In November 1940, ''Atlantis'' captured the merchant ship ''Automedon'', and Mohr led the search party that found a secret British report that revealed that they would not be able to hold Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaya if they were attacked by the Japanese. The captain of ''Atlantis'', Bernhard Rogge, sent the documents to his superiors who gave a summary to the Japanese. Historians have speculated that the knowledge of the weak British defences in Asia may have emboldened the Japanese to invade Singapore and played a part in the development of the war in the Pacific.

In 1944, Mohr published an account of the raiding career of ''Atlantis'' titled ''Die Kriegsfahrt Des Hilfskreuzers Atlantis'', and in 1955 he published ''Atlantis: The story of the German surface raider'' in conjunction with Arthur Sellwood. Provided by Wikipedia