Qoraalka faqradan sii wata - Galabnimadii 9kii Abriil "Nordkapp" waxay qabatay markabka Jarmalka ee shidaalka qaada ee "Kattegat" oo ah markab shidaal oo culeyskiisu yahay 6,031 tan oo laga leeyahay magaalada Bremen kuna yaalla Glomfjorden ee koonfurta magaalada Narvik. "Kattegat" waxay ahayd mid ka mid ah laba maraakiibta maraakiibta badda ee Jarmalku ku talo galeen inay u adeegsadaan si ay si dhakhso leh ugu sii daayaan tobanka burburiye ee kooxda hawlgalka ee Narvik
, taasoo u sahleysa in ay dib ugu baxsadaan Jarmalka ka hor inta aysan Royal Navy soo gaarin oo ay ku qarxin. Diyaarinta howlgalkeeda sahayda, "Kattegat" waxay ka tagtay saldhigga tijaabada ee Kopervik ee Galbeedka Norwey 6dii Abriil, iyadoo la qorsheeyay inay timaado Narvik 9 Abriil. Markabka taageerada ee "Kriegsmarine" wuxuu u ambabaxay Norway isagoo ka yimid Wilhelmshaven ee xeebta Jarmalka ee Badda Waqooyi 3dii Abriil si loogu diyaariyo duulaankii. In kasta oo markabkii kale ee shidaalka qaada ahaa, markabkii warshadda saliidda nibiriga ee 11,766 tan ee "Jan Wellem", uu gaadhay Narvik ka yimid Jarmalka Basis Nord ee Bolshaya Zapadnaya Litsa inlet ee Jasiiradda Kola ee Ruushka ka hor weerarkii Jarmalka, kabtanka "Kattegat" waxaa looga digay goob miino oo ay leeyihiin ciidamada badda ee Ingiriiska ee Vestfjorden (Howlgalka Wilfred) wuxuuna diiday inuu sii wado, isagoo doortay inuu ku soo dego Sandlågbukta, Neverdal ee Ørnes ee Meløy.