Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Duk da nasarar da Royal Navy ta samu a kan "Kriegsmarine", 'yan Jamus sun yi la'akari da nasarar da aka samu a cikin yakin basasa saboda gaskiyar cewa Whitworth ya jinkirta tsawon lokaci don hana shi daga tsoma baki tare da saukowa a Narvik. Bayan da aka gama aikin, Whitworth ya ci gaba da neman jiragen ruwa na Jamus. Tare da rundunar sojojin Birtaniya da aka yi, 'yan jarida na Jamus sun gudanar da hanyar su zuwa
Narvik bayan ya lalata jiragen ruwa biyu na Norwegian masu kare bakin teku a hanyarsu. Bayan da suka yi aiki tare da "Renown", sojojin Jamus sun haɗu da "Admiral Hipper" a ranar 11 a kusa da Trondheim. Daga can, sun koma Jamus, sun isa Wilhelmshaven a ranar 12 ga Afrilu inda aka gyara yakin da lalacewar yanayi ga "Scharnhorst" da "Gneisenau".