21. In 1940, " Adolf Vinnen " was requistioned by the Kriegsmarine and converted to a weather ship . 22. Two of the British frigates were refurbished, as there was no funding available for new weather ships . 23. During 1971, British weather ships sampled the upper of the ocean to investigate plankton distribution by depth. 24. She was converted to a weather ship and entered service as " WBS 6 Kehdingen " in 1942. 25. In the course of the raid, the weather ship , and the Enigma settings for June 1941 were captured. 26. On 14 March 1944, she was reclassified as a weather ship , serving as " WBS 8 Hessen ". 27. She was converted to a weather ship and commissioned as " WBS 11 Hessen " on 8 July. 28. Post-war she was converted and served the Navy as a weather ship and then as a radar picket ship. 29. For several years the ship alternated with the Dutch weather ship " Cumulus " to man station M. 30. He was stationed aboard a weather ship in the North Pacific during World War II and organized acting shows.
