<prompt> Yabelwa eFrance ekuqaleni kuka-1942 ukuba ihambisane nemikhumbi yempi emibili kanye nomkhumbi-mkhumbi onzima ibuyele eJalimane nge-English Channel eChannel Dash. Umkhumbi wabe usudluliselwa eNorway lapho wabamba iqhaza khona ku-Operation Sportpalast Sports Palace, umzamo ongaphumelelanga wokuthwebula i-Convoy QP 8 ebuya eRussia. Okunye ukuphazamisa okungaphumelelanga kwenziwa ekuqaleni kuka-Ephreli ngaphambi kokuba amaJalimane aphumelele ngeConvoy QP 11  <response>: ekupheleni kwenyanga. Abagibeli ababehamba nalo mkhumbi bavikela umkhumbi ngobuciko futhi bavimbela i-Hermann Schoemann nezinye imikhumbi emibili ukuba zingaminzi umkhumbi owodwa wezimpahla waseSoviet. Umkhuzi wamabutho aseJalimane wayeka ukulwa enethemba lokuthola umkhumbi - mkhumbi omncane okhubazekile. Bathola i-cruiser nezikhali zayo zokuhamba ngomhlaka 2 Meyi; i-Edinburgh yakhubaza i- Hermann Schoemann ngaphambi kokuthi ikwazi ukudubula noma yimaphi ama-torpedo futhi ukaputeni wayo waphoqeleka ukuba ayiqede ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho. Umcuphi wabulala amadoda angu-8 kwathi angu-45 alimala empini. 