she was one of the escorts for the battleship and the heavy cruiser from cape arkona to trondheim on 19–22 may as they sortied into the north atlantic. the following month, "hans lody" escorted the heavy cruiser "lützow" from kiel to norway as the latter ship attempted to break through the british blockade. several bristol beaufort aircraft spotted "lützow" and her escorts en route and one managed to surprise the ships and torpedo the cruiser early on the morning of 13 june, forcing her to return to germany for repairs. "z10 hans lody" was then sent to kirkenes, norway, in july. now a part of the 6th destroyer flotilla ("6. zerstörerflottille"), she participated in a sortie on 12–13 july that sank two small soviet ships at the cost of expending 80% of their ammunition. her participation in another sortie on 22 july had to be cancelled due to condenser problems. when the british aircraft carriers and attacked petsamo and kirkenes on 29 july, the destroyers were far to the east and could not catch the british ships before they left the area. the german destroyers sortied into the kola inlet on 9 august where they sank one small soviet patrol vessel. the flotilla was now assigned to escort convoys between tromsö and kirkenes; during one of these missions, the submarine "trident" sank two troop-carrying freighters, and despite the destroyers. "hans lody" depth-charged "trident" without significant effect and rescued 38 survivors from the two ships. the ship departed for germany for repairs to her boilers on 27 september.