Wartime Career
In September 1939, Brummer took part in the invasion of Poland, laying mines off the Polish coast. In January, 1940 she was used as a commerce raider in the Baltic Sea.
In April 1940, Brummer took part in Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway; as a command ship of a transport squadron. On April 14 she was torpedoed by the British submarine HMS Sterlet off Jutland, losing the complete bow section. The ship was held afloat for nine hours, finally capsizing in the early morning of the next day.
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