<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Schleswig-Holstein kanye Schlesien wabe esehlanganyela  <response>: ukuthunjwa kweDenmark nokuhlaselwa kweNorway, ngokulandelana, ngo-April 1940. Akekho omunye wemikhumbi eyabona isenzo ngesikhathi semisebenzi. Ngemva kwalokho, i- Schleswig-Holstein yaphinde yasuswa enkonzweni yomugqa wokuqala futhi yasetshenziswa njengesikebhe sokuqeqesha, kuyilapho i- Schlesien yaqhubeka nemisebenzi yayo yokuphula iqhwa. Ngo-March 1941, i-Schlesien yayihamba nama-mine-layers olwandle iBaltic. Ngemva kokubuya kulokhu kusebenza ekupheleni kwenyanga, waba umkhumbi wokuqeqesha ongashintshi eGotenhafen. I-Schleswig-Holstein yavuselelwa okwesikhashana ekuqaleni kuka-1942 ukuze isebenze njenge-icebreaker eBaltic, futhi ngoMeyi ngephutha yahlangana nenqwaba yemikhumbi eGulf of Riga, yaphoqeleka ukuba ibuyele eGotenhafen ukuze ilungiswe. Ngemva kwalokho umkhumbi wancishiselwa emisebenzini yokuqeqesha. 