Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - yakakuvadzwa zvakakomba paJutland, ichirohwa nemapurisa anorema anosvika 15. Yakarasikirwa nevarume gumi nevana, iine 32 vakakuvadzwa, ichipfura zvombo 259. MuHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, akatora chikamu muhondo dzakawanda, kusanganisira Narvik, Cape Matapan
, Krete, neSalerno, kwaakarohwa nebhomba rinokwira mudenga. Haana kuzombogadziriswa zvizere, uye akava chikepe chebhomba remhenderekedzo yegungwa, achifukidza kumhara kweNormandy, mamwe mabasa mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeFrance, uye kumhara kweWalcheren. Anobata kukudzwa kukuru kwekurwa kwechikepe chimwe chete munhoroondo yeRoyal Navy, ine 15.