Category:Lauenburg (ship, 1938)

German weather ship Lauenburg 

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Instance of	ship
Operator	Kriegsmarine
Location of creation	Kiel
Shipping port	Bremerhaven
Country of registry	Nazi Germany
71° 00′ 00″ N, 8° 20′ 00″ W
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Lauenburg was a German weather ship used in the early years of the Second World War. Lauenburg had been built in 1938 as a fishing trawler, named after the town of Lauenburg, and with the identification number 'PG 532'. She operated out of Geestemünde for her owners, H. Bischoff & Co, of Bremen. She was acquired by the Kriegsmarine in 1940, and entered naval service in November, having been converted into a weather ship, retaining the name Lauenburg. In her new guise she carried a crew of between 19 and 21, as well as eight meteorologists. She was to be used to provide detailed weather reports for naval units, including Germany's U-boat fleet.