Z32 was sent to France in March 1943, it spend most of its operational life at the Channel, ramming Z37 on January 1944 . In an attempt to break through the invasion bridgehead at the Normandy, the ship was beached on 09.06.1944 after battle with Canadian destroyers Haida, Huron and the Polish destroyer Blyskawica near Ile de Batz and destroyed by air attacks.