At the end of the war, M 107 was part of the 10th half-flotilla of the 4th Minesweeping Flotilla, based at Helgoland.

Räumbootflottille and participated in the Operation Weserübung, the occupation of Denmark and Norway, as part of Kriegsschiffgruppe 11.

Räumbootflottille occupied Thyborøn on the coast of Jutland during the German invasion of Denmark.

Later that year, Von der Groeben served as escort on the Belgian coast until she hit a mine off Dunkirk on 18 August 1940.

M 507 was deployed to the English Channel coast until spring 1943, and took part of several action against British coastal forces, among them the action of 17-18 August 1942 off Gravelines, when Von der Groeben, along with five other minesweepers, escorted the Italian blockade runner Fidelitas through the English Channel; two British MTBs were sunk.