Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Manheru omusi wa9 April "Nordkapp" yakabata ngarava inotakura zvikepe yeGermany "Kattegat" yematani 6,031 yeBremen muGlomfjorden kumaodzanyemba kweNarvik. "Kattegat" yakanga iri imwe yezvikepe zviviri zvegungwa izvo vaGermany vaida kushandisa kuti vakurumidze kuzadza zvikepe gumi zvehondo zveGermany
Narvik task force, ichivagonesa kutiza kudzokera kuGermany pamberi peRoyal Navy yaigona kuvapinza mumusungo ndokuvanyudza. Mukugadzirira basa rake rokugovera, "Kattegat" akanga abva panhepfenyuro yekutyaira paKopervik muWestern Norway musi wa6 April, akarongwa kuti asvike kuNarvik musi wa9 April. "Kriegsmarine" inotsigira tangi yakanga yaenda kuNorway kubva kuWilhelmshaven pamhenderekedzo yeGerman yeNorth Sea musi wa3 Kubvumbi mukugadzirira kupinda. Nepo imwe tangi, iyo 11,766-toni whale mafuta fekitori ngarava "Jan Wellem", yakanga yasvika Narvik kubva kuGerman Basis Nord paBolshaya Zapadnaya Litsa inlet paKola Peninsula muRussia pamberi pekurwiswa kweGerman, kaputeni we "Kattegat" akange anyeverwa nezve munda weBritish navy mine muVestfjorden (Operation Wilfred) uye akaramba kuenderera mberi, achisarudza panzvimbo pekusimbisa muSandlågbukta, Neverdal ku Ørnes muMeløy.