She was launched on 26 February 1941 and commissioned on 29 April 1941. She operated during the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War before being sunk while under the command of Horst Uphoff on 7 August 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position by a Mk 24 homing torpedo dropped on it by an American B24 Liberator aircraft (VB-105/B-4 USN). 46 dead (all hands lost).