Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Usiku hwaApril 12, Commander Erich Bey, mukuru mukuru weGermany akapona, akagamuchira shoko rokutarisira kurwiswa zuva rakatevera neBritish capital ships inotungamirirwa nenhamba huru yevanoparadza uye inotsigirwa nevatakuri vendege. Ngarava yehondo nevanoparadza vapfumbamwe vakaoneka musi wa 13 April, kunyange zvazvo nguva yakanga isati yakwana sezvakanga zvakatarisirwa naCommander Bey, uye vakabata vaGermany vari kunze kwenzvimbo. Vaparadzi vashanu vanoshanda, kubatanidza "Bernd von Arnim", vakabuda muchiteshi chengarava cheNarvik ndokurwisana nezvikepe zveBritain. Kunyange zvazvo pasina zvibodzwa zvakaitwa, zvakaparadza zvikepe zvinoverengeka. Ngarava yacho yakakwanisa kudenha torpedo ngarava dzokuparadza dzeBritain dzisati dzadzingwa, asi torpedo dzayo dzose dzakapotsa. Kushaiwa zvombo zvehondo kwakamanikidza ngarava dzeGermany kuti dzidzokere kuRombaksfjorden (bazi rokumabvazuva reOfotfjord), kumabvazuva kweNarvik, kwavaigona kuedza kuvandira vanoparadza veBritain vaivatevera. "Von Arnim" akanga apedza zvombo zvake uye akanga adzika pamhenderekedzo yegungwa. Vashandi vayo vakaisa zvimbambaira zvokuparadza ndokusiya ngarava yacho. Panguva iyo vaBritain vakasvika ngarava iye akanga atenderera parutivi. Vashandi vechikepe vakabatana nemauto eGermany aiva pamhenderekedzo uye vakapinda muhondo yacho kusvikira vaBritain
vakabvisa nzvimbo yacho muna June.