Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Saamaynta ka saarista "Kattegat" ee silsiladda sahayda Jarmalka waxay ahayd mid burbursan, maraakiibta Jarmalka ee Narvik waxaa kaliya lagu buuxin karaa laba mar, halkii laga qorsheeyay afar mar. Sidoo kale, "Jan Wellem" kuma aysan haysan shidaal ku filan dhamaan 10 ka mid ah maraakiibta Jarmalka. Sidaa awgeed, maraakiibta dagaalka ee Jarmalka ee ku sugnaa Narvik waxay ku guuldareysteen inay ka baxsadaan waqtigii loogu talagalay waxaana burburiyay Ciidamada Badda ee Boqortooyada Ingiriiska. Markii 5-ta maraakiibta burburka ah ee 2-aad ee maraakiibta burburka ah ee Commodore Bernard Warburton-Lee ay soo galeen Ofotfjord 10-kii Abriil si ay u bilaabaan
Dagaalkii koowaad ee Narvik, Vice Admiral William Whitworth, oo mas'uul ka ahaa ciidamada Royal Navy ee ku sugan aagga Narvik, ayaa helay farriin ka timid Norway oo sheegaya in "Kattegat" la qabtay oo lagu aasay xeebta.