Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I hangaia te "Cressida" i Lübeck i te timatanga o te tau 1939 hei kaipuke utanga na te kaihanga kaipuke a Lübecker Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft. I te 1 o Oketopa 1939, i tonoa te kaipuke e te Kriegsmarine hei V 102 ka whakanohoia ki te "1 Vorpostenflotille". I uru te kaipuke ki te whakaekenga a Tiamana ki Rānana
I te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 1940, i whakahaeretia e ia te kaipuke "Rugard" me ngā kaipuke "Monsun" me te "Passat" i te taha o V 103 "Sylvia" me ētahi kaipuke horoi maina. I tae atu te roopu ki nga kamupene e toru o te 170th Infantry Division i Middlefart.