 Yakapiwa basa musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu 1935, yaive imwe yezvikwata zvekutanga zveType IIA zvikepe zvakavakwa zvichitevera chibvumirano cheAnglo-German Naval icho chakabvisa zvirevo zveChibvumirano cheVersailles icho chakagumisa Hondo Yenyika Yekutanga uye chakataura kuti Germany haina kubvumidzwa kuve nezvikepe zvepasi pemvura. Yakagadzirwa paDeutsche Werke muKiel seyadhi nhamba 239, yakanga iri yakatsvakwa zvikuru mushure mokutungamira kusati kwatanga kweHondo Yenyika II muna 1939. Zvisinei, pakangotanga hondo, yakakurumidza kuva isina basa. Asati akundwa, akafamba nzendo ina dzokurwisa, zvikurukuru achitsigira hondo yeNorway. 