Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 22 ga Yuni, 1941, Jamus ta mamaye Tarayyar Soviet, kuma a matsayin martani, Baltic Fleet ya shimfiɗa filayen ma'adinai a cikin Gulf of Finland, tare da "Artem" yana tafiya daga Tallinn a matsayin wani ɓangare na rundunar ma'adinai wanda ya haɗa da masu hallaka,, da kuma ma'adinai "Marti" da "Ural". A ranar 2 ga Agusta, 1941, "Artem" ya sami nasarar kai hari ta hanyar jiragen ruwa na jirgin ruwa na Jamus "S-55" da "S-58" a cikin Gulf of Riga. A ranar 21 ga watan Agusta, "Artem" kuma ba tare da nasara ba ya kai hari kan jigilar Jamusawa a cikin Gulf of Riga. A watan Agusta 1941, sojojin Jamus sun kewaye Tallinn, tare da Jamusawa sun kaddamar da hari na karshe a birnin a ranar 19 ga watan Agusta. Ƙungiyar
Soviet kwashe na Tallinn ya fara a ranar 27 ga watan Agusta, tare da 190 jiragen ruwa da aka raba tsakanin hudu convoys bound for Kronstadt, tare da "Artem" samar da wani ɓangare na rufe karfi. A daren 28/29 ga watan Agusta, jiragen sun haɗu da filayen ma'adinai masu yawa daga Cape Juminda. "Artem" an nutsar da shi ta hanyar ma'adinai a wannan dare, kamar yadda masu hallaka,,, "Kalinin" da "Voldarsky", jiragen ruwa uku, jiragen ruwa uku da kuma jigilar kayayyaki goma sha uku.