Kammala wannan jumla: Z11 "Bernd von Arnim" an gina shi ne don Nazi Jamus ta "Kriegsmarine" a ƙarshen 1930s. 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 ƙarshen 1939 jirgin ya yi nasarar fitar da ma'adinai daga bakin tekun Ingila wanda ya yi ikirarin wani jirgin ruwa na Birtaniya da kuma jiragen ruwa bakwai. A lokacin farkon matakan Yakin Norway, "Bernd von Arnim" ya yi yaƙi da jirgin ruwan Birtaniya yayin da yake jigilar sojoji zuwa yankin Narvik a farkon Afrilu 1940, amma babu jirgin da ya lalace a lokacin aikin. 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.