Grille

Grille is commissioned.

Fleet parade at the new naval memorial in Laboe.

Modifications at the ships boilers at Blohm & Voß shipyard.

Engine trial voyage to Iceland.

Used for representation duties and voyages of the naval command.

First used for defensive mine laying operations, followed by commerce war in the Baltic Sea.

Repairs after collision with the steamer Axel which sinks after the collision.

Together with the CL Köln and several destroyers, the Grille is used to lay mine fields in the North Sea.

In preparation for operation Seelöwe - the invasion of England - the Grille was based in Ostend and planned to be used for setting up defensive mine fields to protect the invasion forces.

Mine laying operation near Finland.

Put out of service.

Sent to Narvik and used as staff ship.

Used as headquarters for the U-Boat CIC-Norway (FdU in Norwegen).

Transferred to Ankenes.

Taken over by the British.

Sold to a private company, used as a cruise ship in the Mediterranean.

Some sources say that the Grille is stricken in Beirut after a collision.

Accorfing to Israeli sources, a Israeli naval command mined the ship because of reports that it was to be modified into a warship again. (Operation "David")

The ship is badly damaged by the exploding mines and took 3 monthes to repair.

Scrapped.