Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 9 ga Afrilu, an canja jirgin zuwa 8th Destroyer Flotilla () a Kirkenes. Tare da masu hallaka "Z24" da "Z25", "Hermann Schoemann" sun tashi don tsayar da Convoy QP 14 kwana biyu bayan haka, amma sun kasa gano duk wani jirgi na Allied a cikin dusar ƙanƙara da ƙananan gani. Ƙungiyar ta sake komawa ranar 30 ga watan Afrilu don ta dakatar da yammacin yamma
Rundunar QP 11 da karamar jirgin ruwa mai rauni, wanda aka yi wa torpedo a baya. Sun sami jerin gwano a rana mai zuwa, amma sun sami damar nutse jirgin Soviet 2,847-GRT ne kawai yayin da masu ba da umarni huɗu na jerin gwano suka yi ƙoƙari sau da yawa don isa ga jiragen ruwa na jerin gwano. Duk da mahimmancin wutar wuta, 'yan Jamus sun lalace sosai a cikin ayyukan yau. Kyaftin () Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs, kwamandan rundunar, ya dakatar da yakin a cikin marigayi da yamma kuma ya yanke shawarar neman jirgin ruwa, burinsa na asali. Sun sami "Edinburgh" da masu rakiyarta a safiyar ranar 2 ga Mayu kuma sun kusanci kai hari tare da torpedoes. Jirgin ya fara bude wuta da farko kuma ya kashe "Hermann Schoemann" tare da salonsa na biyu tare da hits a cikin ɗakunan injiniyoyi biyu. Mai hallaka ya juya baya kuma ya sauke hayaki mai hayaki don ƙirƙirar fuskar hayaki wanda zai iya ɓoyewa. Rashin lalacewa ya kasance mai tsanani don dawowa zuwa tushe kuma, yayin da ma'aikatan suka shirya su bar jirgin, "Hermann Schoemann" ya kai hari ga masu hallaka na Birtaniya wanda ya buge ta a kalla sau uku. "Z24" da "Z25" sun kwashe kimanin mutane 223 da suka tsira kafin jirgin ya rushe ta ma'aikatanta a haɗin kai. Sauran mutane 56 sun sami ceto bayan da masu hallaka Jamus suka karya alkawarin. A lokacin yakin an kashe mutane 8 kuma wasu 45 sun ji rauni.