Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ngarava yacho yakaramba iri muchengeti kwemakore manomwe akatevera, isati yabviswa mubhuku rezvikepe musi wa 15 Ndira 1930. Akabva ashandiswa sechiteshi chengarava chevashandi vengarava muWilhelmshaven, akazoendeswa kuSwinemünde muna 1936 ndokuzoendeswa kuKiel muna 1938, panguva iyo "Reichsmarine" yakanga yatumidzwa zita rekuti "Kriegsmarine" (War Navy). Akaramba ari ikoko pashure pokutanga kweHondo Yenyika II muna September 1939. Muna May 1940, "Arcona" yakashandurwa kuva bhatiri rinoputika rinorwisa ndege muSwinemünde, kwaakanga agere pakutanga. Iye zvino yakanga yava nezvombo zvayo zvaisanganisira imwe &lt;a href="10.5%20cm%20SK%20C/32%20naval%20gun"&gt;10.5 cm SK C/32 pfuti&lt;/a&gt;, ina &lt;a href="10.5%20cm%20FlaK%2038"&gt;10.5 cm SK C/33 pfuti&lt;/a&gt;, mbiri &lt;a href="3.7%20cm%SK%20C/30"&gt;3.7 cm SK C/30 pfuti&lt;/a&gt;, uye ina 2 cm pfuti. Gare gare akaendeswa kuWilhelmshaven, kwaakapiwa basa kuNaval Anti-Aircraft Group 233, uye akaendeswa kuBrunsbüttel gare gare muhondo. Mumazuva okupedzisira ehondo muEurope
, vashandi vake vakanyudza ngarava kudzivirira kubatwa kwayo, musi wa 3 Chivabvu 1945.