Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon yakin duniya na biyu, an fara amfani da jirgin ne don toshe bakin tekun Poland, amma da sauri aka tura shi zuwa Bight na Jamus don shimfida filayen ma'adinai a cikin ruwan Jamus. A lokacin farkon matakai na Yakin Norway, a watan Afrilu na 1940, "Z2 Georg Thiele" ya yi yaƙi a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe biyu na Narvik
, a ranar 10 da 13 ga Afrilu 1940, kuma dole ne a yi bakin teku don ba da damar ma'aikatanta su bar jirgin cikin aminci bayan da Biritaniya ta lalata ta sosai. Jirgin, da ya lalace, yanzu ya zama sanannen wurin nutsewa.