ORION (HSK-1) WAS AN AUXILIARY CRUISER OF THE GERMAN NAVY WHICH OPERATED AS A MERCHANT RAIDER DURING WORLD WAR II.[1] BUILT BY BLOHM & VOSS IN HAMBURG IN 1930/31 AS THE FREIGHTER KURMARK, SHE WAS REQUISITIONED BY THE KRIEGSMARINE AT THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II AND CONVERTED INTO THE AUXILIARY...