Fritz Homann was a fishing trawler that was built in 1930 by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Wesermünde for Grundmann & Gröschel.

She was powered by a 64 nhp triple expansion steam engine which was built by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG (Deschimag), Seebeck.

[2] Fritz Homann was built as yard number 499 in 1930 by Deschimag, Wesermünde for Grundmann and Gröschel.

She sailed from Wilhelmshaven on 21 March for the Denmark Strait in support of the auxiliary cruiser Atlantis, which was to break out into the Atlantic Ocean.

[2] On 17 June, Fritz Homann was ordered back to Iceland, but could not sail immediately as several defects needed to be rectified.

She sailed the next day for Kristiansand in convoy with M-boot V-1804, the tugboat Widder and the cargo ship Walküre.

She sailed from Kristiansand on 13 September in convoy with the minesweepers M 1104, M 1105 and the tanker Irania, arriving at Bergen the next day.

[2] Fritz Homann then operated north of Jan Mayen, Norway, sailing to Trondheim at the end of that mission.

[4] On 25 October she sailed for Jan Mayen in support of the cruiser Admiral Scheer, which was to transit the Denmark Strait.

A Heinkel He 115 seaplane of Küstenfliegergruppe 506 crashed on landing on 29 October and a second was wrecked in a storm that night.

Fritz Homann then sailed to an area north east of Iceland to provide weather reports to Admiral Scheer.

[2] Fritz Homann and WBS 1 Sachsen sailed on 26 September 1941 for West Spitsbergen, where they were to establish a weather station.

On 19 January, Charlotte Cordes, Dessau, Levante, Heinrich Schmidt and Mendoza were escorted from Kristiansund to Ålesund by Fritz Homann and V 5703 Warthegau.

On 7 June, she escorted Alexander von Humboldt and the tanker Tiger south from Bodø, Norway.

On 21 July she escorted the tanker Sylt north from Bodø, and five days later performed the same service for Oldenburg.

On 3 August, Fritz Homann escorted the tanker Inge Essberger northward from Rørvik.

On 8 August, she escorted the tanker Inga Johanne and cargo ship Utsire northward from Rørvik.

[2] In January 1955, she was sold to Rymättylän Silli Oy, Turku, Finland and renamed Saukko.