after a lengthy refit in germany, she returned to france in early 1941 where she escorted returning warships, commerce raiders, and supply ships through the bay of biscay for several months. after her refit was completed, "steinbrinck" was transferred to northern norway in 1942 where she participated in several minor operations before she was damaged running aground and forced to return to germany for repairs. the ship returned to norway in mid-1943 where she escorted german capital ships as they moved between norway and germany and participated in the german attack (operation zitronella) on the norwegian island of spitzbergen, well north of the arctic circle. "steinbrinck" was ordered home in november to begin a lengthy refit, during which she was badly damaged by allied bombs, and was unserviceable for the rest of the war. she was turned over to the soviet union after the war as war reparations and only served a few years before she was converted into a training ship and then a barracks ship before being sold for scrap in 1958.