Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da Jamusawa suka mamaye Norway a ranar 9 ga Afrilu, 1940, "Prince Olav" yana cikin tashar jiragen ruwa ta arewacin Harstad, bayan ya fara hanyarsa ta arewa daga Bergen a ranar 1 ga Afrilu. Kasancewa a cikin ɓangaren Norway wanda da farko ya guje wa zama, "Prince Olav" ya bukaci ya taimaka tare da kokarin da ake yi na Norwegian. Yin aiki a matsayin jirgin soji daga 11 ga Afrilu, da farko ya kwashe sojojin Norway daga yankin Lofoten zuwa Sørreisa a Troms, daga baya kuma daga Kirkenes a gabashin Finnmark zuwa Gratangen kusa da layin gaba a Narvik.
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin wannan aikin na karshe "Prins Olav" ya kwashe kamfanoni biyu na bataliya ta 1 na Rundunar Sojoji 12, sauran bataliya da aka tura kwanaki da yawa a baya a kan jiragen ruwa "Hurtigruten" da "Kong Haakon", da kuma jirgin ruwa "Hestmanden". A ƙarshen tafiyarsu, a ranar 17 ga Afrilu, jirgin ruwan Norwegian ya bi jirgin ruwan 'yan leƙen asirin Norway "Heimdal".