<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Umkhumbi wahlala endaweni yokugcina iminyaka eyisikhombisa eyalandela, ngaphambi kokuba usulwe ebhukwini lezempi ngoJanuwari 15, 1930. Wabe esetshenziswa njengesikebhe sezikebhe zabasebenzi bemikhumbi eWilhelmshaven, kamuva wathuthela eSwinemünde ngo-1936 wabe eseya eKiel ngo-1938, ngaleso sikhathi i- Reichsmarine yayisiqanjwe kabusha ngokuthi i- Kriegsmarine War Navy. Wahlala lapho ngemva kokuqala kweMpi Yezwe II ngo-September 1939. NgoMeyi 1940, i-Arcona yaguqulwa yaba ibhethri elintantayo elilwa nezindiza eSwinemünde, lapho yayibekwe khona ekuqaleni. Izikhali zakhe manje zazihlanganisa eyodwa a href10.520cm20SK20C3220naval20gun10.5 cm SK C32 guna, ezine a href10.520cm20FlaK203810.5 cm SK C33 gunsa, ezimbili a href3.720cm20SK20C303.7 cm SK C30 gunsa, nezikhali ezine 2 cm. Kamuva wadluliselwa eWilhelmshaven, lapho abelwa khona eNaval Anti-Aircraft Group 233, futhi wadluliselwa eBrunsbüttel kamuva empini. Ezinsukwini zokugcina zempi eYurophu  <response>: , abasebenzi bayo bacwilisa umkhumbi ukuvimbela ukuthi ubanjwe, ngomhlaka 3 Meyi 1945. 