Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 1940, ka whakaekehia e Tiamana a Norway kia whiwhi ai i tētahi turanga mō ngā whakaekenga moana i te Raki o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, kia haumaru ai ngā kaipuke o te konganuku mai i Sweden mā te tauranga o Narvik. Ahakoa kaore i tukuna mai nga kaipuke i whakamahia mai i te Basis Nord, ko te kaipuke tuku "Jan Wellem", he mea nui mo nga mahi a Narvik
i tukuna mai i te Base Nord. Kaore he kaipuke U-a-Tiamana, he kaipuke whawhai mata ranei i tukuna mai i te Basis Nord.