 On her way to Bergen "Cläre Hugo Stinnes" was attacked by the Royal Navy submarine "Trident" and damaged by gunfire.The end for "Stegg" came on 20 April 1940 as she was anchored at Herøysund.In the morning the 1,870-ton artillery training ship "Bremse" and the armed whaler "Schiff 221" blocked "Stegg" in the fjord and attacked her.