Severely damaged in an Allied air raid on Hamburg in March 1945, she was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped in 1948–49.

[5] On 19 August 1939, Schürbek collided with the Portuguese steamship Corte Real at Rotterdam, Netherlands.

[4][9] She was under repair from 10 September to 19 December, and was recommissioned as the auxiliary minesweeper Sperrbrecher 18,[4] joining the 3rd Sperrbrecherflotille, operating off Norway and in the Baltic.

[7][10] On 12 March 1945, Sperrbrecher 18 was severely damaged in an American air raid on Hamburg and was declared a constructive total loss.

Although allocated to the United Kingdom post-war,[11] Lloyd's Register shows that she remained under the German flag under her original name.