| 13.11.1939: |
Together with the light cruisers Nürnberg
and Köln
and the torpedo boats Iltis
, Seeadler
and Wolf,
the Leopard
escorts the returning destroyers Karl Galster
, Herman Künne
, Hans Lüdemann
and Wilhelm Heidkamp
after a mine laying operation against the Themse estuary. |
| 18.11.1939: |
Together with the light cruisers Nürnberg
and Leipzig
and the torpedo boats Seeadler
and Iltis
,
the Leopard
escorts the returning destroyers Bernd von Arnim
, Herman Künne
and Wilhelm Heidkamp
after a mine laying operation against the Themse estuary. |
| 19.11.1939: |
Together with the light cruiser Nürnberg
and the torpedo boats Seeadler, Wolf
and Iltis,
the Leopard
escorts the returning destroyers Erich Steinbrinck
, Hans Lody
and Friedrich Eckold
after a mine laying operation against the Humber estuary. |
| 21-22.11.1939: |
Merchant warfare near Jutland together with Panzerschiff Lützow
, the cruisers Köln
and Leipzig
and the torpedo boats Iltis
and Seeadler
.
|
| 24-25.11.1939: |
Merchant warfare near Jutland together with Panzerschiff Lützow
, the cruisers Köln
and Leipzig
and the torpedo boats Iltis, Wolf
and Seeadler
.
|
| 31.03.1940: |
Together with the torpedo boat Wolf
, the Leopard
escorts the auxiliary cruiser Atlantis
through the North Sea. |
| 07.04.1940: |
Operation Weserübung: Leopard
joins the torpedo boat Wolf
in the Bergen Attack Group. |
| 29-30.04.1940: |
Together with the destroyers Richard Beitzen
and Bruno Heinemann
and the torpedo boats Kondor
, Möwe
and Wolf
, the Leopard
escorts the mine layers Kaiser
, Roland
and Preussen
while laying the mine field 17n. The mine layers carry over 1000 mines. |
| 30.04.1940: |
After a rudder failure, the Leopard
is lost after being rammed by the mine layer Kaiser
. All but one crw members - the son of the chief of fleet - are rescued. |
