 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Kugadziridza kwake kwakapedzwa mukupera kwaJanuary 1941, asi akabatwa nechando chakakora zvokuti aisagona kusvika kuGotenhafen kuzoshanda kusvikira pakati paFebruary. Steinbrinck akadzokera kuFrance muna April kwaakanga akavakirwa paLa Pallice. Ikoko ainyanya kubatikana nokufambisa vatengesi vanodzoka, ngarava dzehondo uye ngarava dzekutengesa kuburikidza neBay of Biscay kuenda kuFrance. Izvi zvaisanganisira chikepe chinorwisa Thor musi wa 22 April, chikepe chinotakura zvinhu Nordland, uye chikepe chinotakura mafuta Ermland mukupera kwaMay. Chikepe chinorema chakaperekedzwa kuBrest kutanga kwaJune mushure mekuparadzaniswa nechikepe chehondo panguva yeOperation Rheinübung. Pakupera kwezhizha, Steinbrinck yakanga yakanyanyononoka nokuda kwekugadzirisa uye yakanga ichitambura nezvinetso zvebhokisi asi kugadzirisa kwake kwakasimudzwa kuti ibvumire kuti iende ne Orion musi waAugust 21. Kuenda kwake kwakanonoka apo akawira pamhenderekedzo pakuvamba kwomwedzi unotevera uye haana kuenda kuGermany kusvikira 6 September. Pane imwe nguva muna 1941, muparadzi wacho akagamuchira radar yokutsvaka yeFuMO 21 iyo yakaiswa pamusoro pebhiriji rake. 