<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-April 9, umkhumbi wadluliselwa ku-8th Destroyer Flotilla eKirkenes. Ngokubambisana nemikhumbi yokulwa i-Z24 ne-Z25, i-Hermann Schoemann yahamba ukuze ivimbe i-Convoy QP 14 ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, kodwa yahluleka ukuthola noma yimiphi imikhumbi yama-Allied eqhweni elinzima nokubonakala okuphansi. Laba abathathu baphinde bahamba ngo-Ephreli 30 ukuyokweqa i-Westbound  <response>: I-Convoy QP 11 kanye ne-cruiser elula ekhubazekile, eyadutshulwa ngaphambili yi- Bathola umkhumbi ngosuku olulandelayo, kodwa bakwazile ukucwilisa umkhumbi wezimpahla waseSoviet ongu-2 847-GRT njengoba umkhumbi-mkhombi omane wokuhambisa umkhumbi-mkhombi waphindaphinda imizamo yokufinyelela emikhunjini yomkhumbi. Naphezu kokunqoba okukhulu ngamandla omlilo, amaJalimane alimala kancane kuphela ezimpini zosuku. UCaptain Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs, umlawuli we-flotilla, waphazamisa ukulwa ntambama futhi wanquma ukuyofuna umkhumbi-ngwenya, umgomo wakhe wokuqala. Bathola i- Edinburgh kanye nabaphelezeli bayo ekuseni ngo-May 2 futhi basondela ekuhlaseleni ngama-torpedo. I-cruiser yavula umlilo kuqala futhi yakhubaza i-Hermann Schoemann nge-salvo yayo yesibili ngokushaywa kuwo womabili amagumbi enjini. Lo mkhumbi waphenduka futhi walahla izimpophoma zomusi ukuze wakhe isihenqo somusi owawungasifihla. Umonakalo wawunzima kakhulu ukuba ubuyele esikhungweni futhi, njengoba abasebenzi belungiselela ukushiya umkhumbi, uHermann Schoemann wahlaselwa ababhubhisi baseBrithani abamshaya okungenani kathathu. I-Z24 ne-Z25 bathatha abasindile abangaba ngu-223 ngaphambi kokuba umkhumbi ucwiliswe yiqembu lawo endaweni ethile. Amanye amadoda angama-56 asindiswa ngemva kokuba ababhubhisi baseJalimane bephule ukuhlanganyela. Phakathi nempi kwabulawa amadoda angu-8 kwalimala amanye angu-45. 