| 01.09.1939: |
Together with the cruisers Köln
, Leipzig
, Nürnberg
and other destroyers operations in the Danzig Beight. |
| 02.09.1939: |
Damages Polish submarine Wilk
with waterbombs. |
| 15.09.1939: |
Erich Steinbrinck
covers the mine layers Cobra, Hansestadt Danzig,
and Kaiser
during the opertation to lay the
mine field "c" MARTHA-ZWEI in the North Sea. 555 Mines are laid during this operation. |
| 07-09.10.1939: |
Raid to intercept Britain - Scandinavia trade together with battleship Gneisenau
, CL Köln
and destroyers Wilhlem Heidkamp
, Diether von Roeder
, Karl Galster
, Max Schulz
, Paul Jakobi
, Bernd von Arnim
, Friedrich Ihn
and Friedrich Eckoldt
. No results.
|
| 18-19.11.1939: |
Mine laying operations together with the destroyers Hans Lody
and Friedrich Eckold
against the Humber estuary. The returning ships are escorted by the light cruiser Nürnberg
and the torpedo boats Iltis
, Leopard
, Wolf
and Seeadler
. |
| 12-13.12.1939: |
Mine laying operation together with the destroyers Herman Künne
, Bruno Heinemann,
Friedirch Ihn
and Richard Beitzen
against Newcastle. The returning ships are escorted by the light cruisers Nürnberg
, Leipzig
and Köln
. Nürnberg
and Köln
are both hit by torpedoes of the British submarine Salmon
. |
| 06-07.01.1940: |
Mine laying operations together with the destroyers Friedrich Eckold, Friedrich Ihn, Karl Galster, Richard Beitzen and Hermann Schoemann
against the Themse estuary. |
| 04-10.06.1940: |
Participation in "Operation Juno". Together with the destroyers Hans Lody
, Hermann Schoemann
and Karl Galster
and the torpedo boats Falke
and Jaguar
, the Erich Steinbrinck
escorts the battleships Scharnhorst
, Gneisenau
and the cruiser Admiral Hipper
. |
| 20-23.06.1940: |
Together with the destroyers Hans Lody
, Hermann Schoemann
and the torpedo boats Greif
and Kondor
, the Erich Steinbrinck
escorts the bomb damaged Scharnhorst
from Drontheim to Kiel. |
| 31.08-02.09.1940: |
Mine laying operation SW3. Together with the destroyers Paul Jakobi
and Karl Galster
and the torpedo boats Falke
, Greif
, Iltis
, Jaguar
, T5
, T6
, T7
and T8
the Erich Steinbrinck
escorts the mine layers Corba
, Roland
and Tannenberg
. The mine layers carry about 600 mines. |
| 22-23.09.1940: |
Transferred to Brest. |
| 28-29.09.1940: |
Mine laying operation at Falmouth Bay together with the destroyers Friedrich Eckold, Theodor Riedel
, Hans Lody
, Karl Galster
, Paul Jakobi
and Friedrich Ihn.
|
| 17-18.10.1940: |
Operation against the Bristol Channel together with the destroyers Friedrich Ihn
, Hans Lody
, Karl Galster
and the torpedo boats Falke
, Greif
, Jaguar
, Kondor
, Seeadler
and Wolf
. Short engangement with British cruisers and destroyers. |
| 05-07.11.1940: |
Paul Jakobi
, Theodor Riedel
, Friedrich Eckold
, Erich Steinbrinck
and Friedrich Ihn
are returned to Germany. |
| 04-06.04.1941: |
Erich Steinbrinck
, Bruno Heinemann
and Friedrich Ihn
are sent to Brest. |
| 19-20.04.1941: |
The destroyers Erich Steinbrinck
, Bruno Heinemann
and Friedrich Ihn
are transfered to La Pallice. |
| 22-23.04.1941: |
Erich Steinbrinck
, Bruno Heinemann
and Friedrich Ihn
escort the auxiliary cruiser Thor
in the Biscay. |
| 28-29.04.1941: |
Erich Steinbrinck
, Bruno Heinemann
and Friedrich Ihn
are relocated to Bordeaux. |
| 18.05.1941: |
The Troßschiff Nordmark
is escorted by the destroyers Erich Steinbrinck
, Bruno Heinemann
and Friedrich Ihn
from Le Havre to Boulogne. |
| 20-26.05.1941: |
Operation Rheinübung: The destroyers Friedrich Eckold
, Hans Lody
, Friedirch Ihn
, Erich Steinbrinck
, Karl Galster
and Z20
escort the battleship Bismarck
and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
from the Baltic Sea to Trondheim. After that, the destroyers return to Germany. |
| 20-22.07.1941: |
The 5th destroyer flotilla of Erich Steinbrinck
, Friedrich Ihn
, Bruno Heinemann
, Z23
and Z24
is sent from La Pallice to Brest. On their way back, they escort the battleship Scharnhorst
on its way to La Pallice. |
| 24-27.07.1941: |
The 5th destroyer flotilla consisting of Erich Steinbrinck
, Friedrich Ihn
, Bruno Heinemann
, Z23
and Z24
escort the bomb damaged battleship Scharnhorst
from La Pallice to Brest. |
| 21-23.08.1941: |
Erich Steinbrinck
, Bruno Heinemann
, Z23
and Z24
meet the auxiliary cruiser Orion
in the Biskay and escort it to France. |
| 06-09.09.1941: |
Bruno Heinemann
and Erich Steinbrinck
are send back to Germany. |
| 03-06.07.1942: |
Operation Rösselsprung:
In a major operation of the battleship Tirpitz
and the heavy cruisers Admiral Scheer
, Lützow
and Admiral Hipper
against the allied convoy PQ17, several destroyers and torpedo boats escort the capital ships: Friedrich Ihn
, Hans Lody
, Karl Galster
, Theodor Riedel
, Richard Beitzen
, Friedrich Eckoldt
, Erich Steinbrinck
, Z24
, Z27
, Z28
, Z29
, Z30
, T7
and T15
. The operation is cancelled, but the convoy is heaviely attacked by U-boats and the Luftwaffe. |
| 21-24.07.1942: |
Erich Steinbrinck
is sent to Trondheim. |
| 06.08.1942: |
After training excercises, the destroyer reports ready for duty in North Norway. |
| 17-18.08.1942: |
Friedrich Eckold
, Erich Steinbrinck
and Richard Beitzen
escort the heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
to the Bear Islands. |
| 24-25.08.1942: |
Richard Beitzen
, Friedrich Ihn
and Erich Steinbrinck
escort the minelayer Ulm
during a mine laying operation north of North Norway. After the destroyers leave the minelayer, it is sunk by the British destroyers Marne
, Martin
and Onslought.
|
| 29-31.08.1942: |
Friedrich Eckold,
Erich Steinbrinck
and Richard Beitzen
escort the heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
from Bear Island to Norway. |
| 18-24.09.1942: |
Erich Steinbrinck
returns to Germany. |
| : |
To be continued... |
