Chigonjetso chotayika. Nkhondo Yachiwiri ya Narvik
Nkhondo yomaliza ya owononga Bey mu chithunzi cha Adam Werk.
M'mawa wa Epulo 10, 1940, a British adawononga Hardy, Havok, Hotspur, Hostile ndi Hunter motsogozedwa ndi Comm. Bernard Armitage Warburton Warburton-Lee adamenya nkhondo ku Ofotfjord, komwe msewu umapita ku Narvik, doko lofunikira lopanda madzi oundana. Zinali kudzera mwa iye kuti chitsulo chachitsulo chinasamutsidwa kuchokera ku Sweden, ndi owononga 10 a mkulu wa asilikali Friedrich Bonte, omwe adapereka asilikali a Wehrmacht kuti alande mzindawo, zomwe zinachitikanso ndi kukana kochepa kwa Norwegians. Chifukwa cha mkanganowo, Hardy ndi Hunter anamira, ndipo Wilhelm Heidkamp ndi Anton Schmitt, zombo zingapo mu nkhondo ya Narvik ndi owononga ena 5 zinawonongeka ku mbali ya Germany.
Pambuyo pake tsiku lomwelo, cha m'ma 8 koloko masana, Havok, Hotspur, ndi Hostile adakumananso ku West Fjord ndi sitima yapamadzi yotchedwa Penelope ndi owononga asanu ndi atatu. Gulu ili kale linali gawo la Renown and Repulse line cruiser insurance ndipo tsopano likulamulidwa ndi Penelope, Commander. Gerald Douglas Yeats adayendayenda m'madzi a Westfjord ndi ntchito yodutsa magulu ena a Germany omwe akupita ku Narvik. Kulondera kumeneku, monga momwe tikuonera mu chitsanzo cha Rauenfels cargo steamer (8460 brt), yomwe inali ndi zida ndi zida za asilikali a Germany ku Narvik ndipo inamira pa April 10 pakhomo la Ofotfjord ndi owononga CDR. Warburton-Lee sizinali zogwira mtima. Kudziwitsidwa ndi oyendetsa ngalawa omwe adapulumuka a flotilla 2 a Warburton Lee owononga za momwe zinthu ziliri ku Narvik, Yeats, pokhala ndi woyendetsa ngalawa ndi owononga XNUMX (osawerengera Havok, Hotspur ndi Hostile), akhoza kuyesa kuukira. German Gulu labwerera ku Ofotfjord, kuwonjezera, nthawi ino ndi mwayi komanso mwayi wodabwitsa. Tsoka ilo, sanagwiritse ntchito mwayiwu, popeza anali ndi malingaliro a malangizo a vadmas. William Jock Whitworth (wonyamula mbendera yake pa Ulemerero) amapereka lamulo loti amenye pokhapokha pakufunika.
Komabe, oyang'anira aku Britain ku Westford adatsogolera kugwidwa kwa sitima yapamadzi yaku Germany yotchedwa Alster (8514 88 BRT). Sitima yotsatirayi yokhala ndi zida (kuphatikiza magalimoto 9, mfuti zotsutsana ndi ndege, zida za ndege, zida, zida za radiotelegraph, coke ndi ... amene analamula kuti chombocho chilowe Bodø ( Bodo ). Komabe, pambuyo kulekana kwa magawo, Ajeremani anapitiriza kuyenda molingana ndi dongosolo. Pambuyo pake Alster anakumana ndi munthu wina wolondera ku Norway, Svalbard II, yemwe anamuuza ku gulu la Yeats. M'mawa wa Epulo 10, ku Bodø, Alster idaimitsidwa ndi wowononga waku Britain Icarus. Uyu adakwera kumbali ya ngalawayo, omwe akuvomereza, adatsegula miyala yachifumu, kuyesa
motero anamiza gulu lake, koma gulu lolandira mphotho lotumizidwa kuchokera ku Icarus linapulumutsa wonyamulayo ndi kumperekeza ku Tromsø. Sitima yapamadzi yachitatu yopita ku Narvik, sitima yapamadzi yotchedwa Berenfels (7569 BRT), itaphunzira za mkhalidwe woipa kwa iwo kumpoto kwa madzi a Norwegian, inalamulidwa kupita ku Bergen m'chigawo chapakati cha Norway, kumene inalowa popanda mavuto pa April 10. Vestfjord ndi German sitima zapamadzi, amene U 25 anaukira British owononga Bedouin ndi Eskimo madzulo 10 April, ndi U 51 wowononga wina patapita pang'ono, koma Germany anawombera okwana 6 torpedoes molakwika kapena anaphulika msanga. Pa April 12, sitima yapamadzi ya ku Germany yotchedwa Wilhelm Reinhold (259 brt), yomwe inalowa m’madzi a Vaagsfjord (kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Ofotfjord), inagwidwa kumeneko ndi boti loyendera anthu la ku Norway la Thorodd n’kupita naye kufupi ndi Harstad.
