Waxad qortaa sii wadida faqradan - 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. Markuu shantii maraakiibta burburiyaha ee xoogga badnaa ee 2aad ee hoos imaanaya Commodore Bernard Warburton-Lee uu galay Ofotfjord 10kii Abriil si uu u bilaabo Dagaalkii Koowaad ee Narvik
, Madaxweyne ku xigeenka 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.