Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hangaia a "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 whai wāhi te kaipuke ki te
Ko te whakaekenga a Tiamana ki Denmark i te Paenga-whawha o te tau 1940, e whakahaeretia ana te kaipuke "Rugard" me nga kaipuke "Monsun" me te "Passat" i te taha o V 103 "Sylvia" me etahi kaipuke maina. I tae atu te roopu ki nga kamupene e toru o te 170th Infantry Division i Middlefart.