More escorting, blockade runner assisting and minefield laying later, Z23 took part in the Battle of Biscay, which would end up seeing Z23 having to abandon Z27 after being given orders to when trying to come to the assistance of the drifting sister ship. After a small uneventful scuffle with a pair of british minesweepers in the midst of fog, Z23 and Z24, escorted by Z25 went around laying minefields near the white sea. Zerstörerflottile along with Z25 and Z27. Both destroyers were later transferred to the 8. Further serving as escort, Z23 and Z24 escorted the battleship Scharnhorst through the bay of biscay, and later on Orion. She helped to escort the heavy cruiser Lützow during it's attempt to break into the Atlantic when the cruiser was hit by a torpedo and forced to return to germany. The destroyer had started out it's time in operation escorting ships between the Baltic and southern Norway, notably including Bismarck, Admiral Hipper and Admiral Schneer.
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