German weather ship WBS 3 Fritz Homann

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Wesermünde, Germany (1930–35) * Wesermünde (1935–40) * Kriegsmarine (1940–45) * Wesermunde, Allied-occupied Germany (1945–48) * Bremerhaven (1948–49) * Bremerhaven, West Germany (1949–55) * Turku, Finland (1955–67) * Naantali, Finland (1967–85) |Ship builder=Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG |Ship yard number=499 |Ship launched=1930 |Ship completed=June 1930 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification=*Code Letters KRNL (1930–34) * *Code Letters DFBH (1934–40) * *Fishing registration PG 395 (1930–40) *WBS 3 (1940–41) *WBS 4 (1941–45) or V 5717 (1942–45) *Fishing registration BX 324 (1945–55) *Code Letters DAEA (1949–55) * *Code Letters OFVR (1955–85) * *Fishing registration SUOMI 60 (1955–73) * (1960s–1985) *Fishing registration SF 6 (1973–85) |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship fate=Scrapped 1985 |Ship notes= }} , , (''Fritz Homann'') *, , (''Saukko'') |Ship length= |Ship beam= |Ship draught= |Ship depth= |Ship power=*Triple expansion steam engine, 64 nhp (1930–55) *Diesel engine, 320 hp (1955–85) |Ship propulsion=Single screw propeller |Ship speed= |Ship range= |Ship complement=15, plus meteorologists (as weather ship) |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament= |Ship armour= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |}

''Fritz Homann'' was a fishing trawler that was built in 1930 by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Wesermünde for Grundmann & Gröschel. She served with the Kriegsmarine during World War II as the weather ship ''WBS 3 Fritz Homann'', ''WBS 4 Fritz Homann'' and the vorpostenboote ''Neptune'' and ''V 5717 Fritz Homann''. She returned to her former rôle as a trawler post-war, and was sold to Finland in 1955. Renamed ''Saukko'', she was scrapped in 1985. Provided by Wikipedia