| 07.04.1940: |
Operation Weserübung: Greif
joins the torpedo boats Luchs
and Seeadler
in the Kristiansand Attack Group. |
| 17-18.08.1940: |
Together with the torpedo boats Möwe
and Seeadler
, the Greif
escorts the mine layer Hansestadt Danzig
and Kaiser
laying the "Paternoster" mine field in the Kattegatt. Over 500 mines are thrown. |
| 09.05.1940: |
Together with the destroyers Bruno Heinemann,
Richard Beitzen
and Hermann Schoemann,
and 3 S-boats, the Greif
escorts the mine layers Corba
, Kaiser
, Roland
and Preussen
while laying the mine field 16. The operation is cancelled when aircraft detected British destroyers nearby. |
| 20-23.06.1940: |
Together with the destroyers Hans Lody, Erich Steinbrinck
and Hermann Schoemann
and the torpedo boat Kondor
, the Greif
escorts the bomb damaged Scharnhorst
from Drontheim to Kiel.
|
| 17-20.07.1940: |
Together with the torpedo boats T5
, T8
, Iltis
and Jaguar
, the Greif e
scorts the mine layers Cobra
, Hansestadt Danzig
, Kaiser
Königin Louise
, Preussen
and Roland
while laying the mine field Sperre 19 in the North Sea. The mine layers carry over 1560 mines. |
| 25-28.07.1940: |
Together with the torpedo boats T5
, Iltis, Luchs
and Jaguar
, the Greif
escorts the mine layers Cobra
, Hansestadt Danzig
, Kaiser
Königin Louise
, Preussen
and Roland
while laying the mine field NW2 in the North Sea. |
| 31.08.-02.09.1940: |
Mine laying operation SW3. Together with the destroyers Paul Jakobi, Karl Galster
and Erich Steinbrinck
and the torpedo boats Falke
, Iltis
, Jaguar
, T5
, T6
, T7
and T8
the Greif
escorts the mine layers Corba
, Roland
and Tannenberg
. The mine layers carry about 600 mines. |
| 06-07.09.1940: |
The destroyer Karl Galster
and the torpedo boats Falke
, Greif
, Ilits
, Jaguar
, Kondor
, T1
, T2
and T3
excecute a mine laying operation in the south western North Sea. |
| 07-08.09.1940: |
Mine laying operation SW0: The destroyer Karl Galster
and the torpedo boat Kondor
cover the mine laying operation of the mine layers Kaiser
, Togo
and the torpedo boats Greif
, Falke
and Iltis
. The mine layers carry 405 mines while the torpedo boats about 1000 explosive buoys. |
| 30.09-01.10.1940: |
Mine laying operation at Dover together with the torpedo boats Falke
, Kondor
and Seeadler
. |
| 08-09.10.1940: |
Operation of the 5. Torpedo boat flotilla against the Isle of Wright. |
| 11-12.10.1940: |
Operation of the 5. Torpedo boat flotilla against the Isle of Wright. The French submarine hunters Ch6
and Ch7
and the British armed trawlers Listrac
and Warwick Deeping
are sunk. |
| 17-18.10.1940: |
Operation against the Bristol Channel together with the destroyers Friedrich Ihn
, Erick Steinbrinck
, Hans Lody
, Karl Galster
and the torpedo boats Falke
, Jaguar
, Kondor
, Seeadler
and Wolf
. Short engangement with British cruisers and destroyers. |
| 03-04.12.1940: |
Mine laying operation of Greif, Falke, Kondor
and Seeadler
near Dover. |
| 21-22.12.1940: |
The torpedo boats Falke
, Greif
and Seeadler
cover the mine laying operation for the mine field "SW a WAGNER" in the North Sea.. The mine layers Corba
, Roland
, Kaiser
and Skagerak
carry a total of 982 mines, the torpedo boats Iltis
and Jaguar
400 explosive buoys.
|
| 28-29.12.1940: |
The torpedo boats Falke
, Greif
, Seeadler
, T1
, T7
, T9
, T10
and T12
escort the battleships Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau
during their attempt to break into the North Atlantic. The operation is aborted. |
| 16-19.01.1941: |
Greif
and Seeadler
escort the blockade runner Alstertor
from Cuxhaven to Brest. |
| 16.06.1941: |
The torpedo boats Greif
, Falke
, Jaguar
and Seeadler
are sent to Denmark. |
| 07.07.1941: |
Greif
, Falke
, Jaguar
and Seeadler
escort the light cruiser Nürnberg
to Horten. On their way back, they escort the light cruisers Emden
and Leipzig
to Frederikshavn. |
| 22.08.1941: |
The torpedo boats Greif
and Kondor
escort the light cruiser Emden
from Frederikshavn to Norden. |
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