Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Z12 "Erich Giese" an gina shi ne don Nazi Jamus ta "Kriegsmarine" a ƙarshen 1930s. A farkon yakin duniya na biyu, an yi amfani da jirgin a cikin Bight na Jamus don sanya filayen ma'adinai a cikin ruwan Jamus. A ƙarshen 1939 jirgin ya yi nasarar nasarar yin amfani da ma'adinai a bakin tekun Ingila wanda ya yi ikirarin jiragen ruwa biyu. Yayin da yake dawowa daga wannan fitarwa, sai ta kaddamar da wani jirgin ruwa na Birtaniya ba tare da an gano shi ba kuma ya ci gaba da tafiya. A lokacin farkon matakan Yakin Norway, "Erich Giese" ya yi yaƙi a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe biyu na Narvik
a tsakiyar watan Afrilu 1940 kuma ya nutse ta jirgin ruwa na Birtaniya a lokacin yakin Narvik na biyu.