Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - "Cressida" an gina shi a Lübeck a farkon 1939 a matsayin jirgin jigilar kaya ta kamfanin Lübecker Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft. A ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 1939, Kriegsmarine ya nemi jirgin a matsayin V 102 kuma an sanya shi a cikin "1 Vorpostenflotille". Jirgin ya shiga cikin mamayewar Jamus na Denmark
a watan Afrilu na 1940, tare da rakiyar jirgin ruwa "Rugard" da kuma tugs "Monsun" da "Passat" tare da V 103 "Sylvia" da kuma minesweepers da dama. Kungiyar ta sauko da kamfanoni uku na Rundunar Sojoji ta 170 a Middlefart.