Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - N'anyasị nke 9 Eprel, "Nordkapp" jidere ụgbọ mmiri German nke na-ebu mmanụ "Kattegat" nke Bremen dị tọn 6,031 na Glomfjorden na ndịda Narvik. "Kattegat" bụ otu n'ime ụgbọ mmiri abụọ ndị Germany bu n'obi iji mee ka ndị agha iri nke ndị agha ọrụ Narvik nwee ngwa ngwa
, na-eme ka ha nwee ike ịgbanahụ laghachi na Germany tupu Royal Navy nwere ike ijide ha ma mikpuo ha. N'ịkwadebe maka ọrụ ya, "Kattegat" hapụrụ ọdụ ụgbọ elu na Kopervik na Western Norway na Eprel 6, nke a ga-abata na Narvik na Eprel 9. "Kriegsmarine" nkwado tankị gara Norway si Wilhelmshaven na German North Sea n'ụsọ oké osimiri na 3 April na nkwadebe maka mbuso agha. Ọ bụ ezie na tankị nke ọzọ, ụgbọ mmiri mmanụ whale nke 11,766-ton "Jan Wellem", ruru Narvik site na German Basis Nord na Bolshaya Zapadnaya Litsa n'ọnụ mmiri na Kola Peninsula na Russia tupu mwakpo ndị Germany, a dọrọ onye isi ụgbọ mmiri "Kattegat" aka na ntị banyere ebe ndị agha mmiri ndị Britain nọ na Vestfjorden (Operation Wilfred) ma jụ ịga n'ihu, na-ahọrọ kama ịbanye na Sandlågbukta, Neverdal na Ørnes na Meløy.