Kammala wannan jumla: Z9 "Wolfgang Zenker" an gina shi ne don Nazi Jamus ta "Kriegsmarine" a tsakiyar shekarun 1930. Kwanaki da yawa bayan fara yakin duniya na biyu, ta yi nasara ba tare da nasara ba, tare da wani mai hallaka, jiragen ruwa na Poland da aka kafa a sansanin sojan ruwa a Hel Peninsula. A farkon 1940 jirgin ya yi nasara sau biyu na mines da aka yi a bakin tekun Ingila wanda ya yi ikirarin jiragen ruwa shida. "Wolfgang Zenker" ya halarci farkon matakan yakin Norway ta hanyar jigilar sojoji zuwa yankin Narvik a farkon Afrilu 1940. Jirgin ya yi yaƙi a cikin jiragen ruwa biyu
Yaƙe-yaƙe na Narvik kwanaki da yawa daga baya kuma dole ne a rushe shi bayan da ta ƙare da bindigogi.