Buuxi weedha soo socota: Galabnimadii 9 Abriil, "Nordkapp" waxay qabatay markabka Jarmalka ee shidaalka qaada ee "Kattegat" oo ah 6,031 tan oo laga leeyahay Bremen oo ku yaal Glomfjorden oo ku taal koonfurta Narvik. "Kattegat" waxay ka mid aheyd labo markab oo kuwa maraakiibta shidaalka ah oo Jarmalka ay rabeen inay isticmaalaan si ay si deg deg ah ugu sii daayaan shidaalka tobanka maraakiibta wax burburiya ee
Ciidamada xoogga ee Narvik, ayagoo awood u siiyay in ay dib ugu soo laabtaan 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.