<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Kusukela ngoFebhuwari 1, 1928, i-Medusa yaqala ukusebenza njengesikebhe esiyizinqaba sezikebhe ze-torpedo kanye namathimba ababhubhisi eWilhelmshaven. NgoMashi 29, 1929, wasuswa ebhukwini lasolwandle. Ngo-July 1940, phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, i-Medusa yaguqulwa yaba ibhethri elintantayo elivikela izindiza esakhiweni semikhumbi iRickmers Reederei eBremerhaven. Ngalesi sikhathi, i-Armada yayihlanganisa isibhamu esisodwa esingu-10.5 cm SK C32, izibhamu ezine ze-Flak, izibhamu ezimbili ze-SK C30 nezibhamu ezine ze-Flak. Wabe esabelwa eNaval Anti-aircraft Group 222, futhi wahlala ethekwini eWilhelmshaven, e-anchor off Varel, eqala ngo-13 Agasti 1940. Wahlala lapho phakathi nayo yonke impi. Ngomhlaka 19 Ephreli 1945, walimala kakhulu ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa izindiza ze-Allied ezabulala abantu abangamashumi amabili nantathu kwalimala abantu abangamashumi amane nanye. Abasebenzi bakhe abasele bachitha umkhumbi ngoMeyi 3, ezinsukwini ngaphambi kokuba  <response>: ukuphela kwempi eYurophu. Amabutho okuhlala aseBrithani athola inqwaba yemikhumbi elele eceleni kwe - Umkhumbi wagcina usindisiwe ngo-1948-1950 futhi wahlukaniswa waba yi-scrap. 