Ukunqoba okulahlekile. Impi Yesibili yaseNarvik
Impi yokugcina yababhubhisi bakaBey emdwebeni ka-Adam Werk.
Ekuseni ngo-April 10, 1940, ababhubhisi baseBrithani uHardy, Havok, Hotspur, Hostile kanye noHunter ngaphansi komyalo kaComm. UBernard Armitage Warburton Warburton-Lee walwa e-Ofotfjord, lapho umgwaqo uholela eNarvik, ichweba elibalulekile elingenaqhwa. Kwathunyelwa ngaye insimbi yensimbi isuka eSweden, nababhubhisi abangu-10 bomkhuzi uFriedrich Bonte, owaletha amasosha e-Wehrmacht ukuze abambe idolobha, okwenzeka futhi ngokuphikiswa okuncane kwabakwaNorwegian. Ngenxa yokungqubuzana, i-Hardy ne-Hunter yacwila, kwathi i-Wilhelm Heidkamp kanye no-Anton Schmitt, imikhumbi eminingana ekuhlaselweni kweNarvik kanye nababhubhisi abangu-5 ngaphezulu balimala ohlangothini lwaseJalimane.
Kamuva ngalolo suku, emini, i-Havok, i-Hotspur, ne-Astile yaphinde yahlangana e-West Fjord ne-light cruiser i-Penelope nababhubhisi abayisishiyagalombili. Leli thimba phambilini beliyingxenye yomshuwalense we-Renown and Repulse line cruiser futhi manje lilawulwa nguPenelope, uMkhuzi. UGerald Douglas Yeats wazulazula emanzini aseWestfjord ngomsebenzi wokunqanda amanye amayunithi aseJalimane abheke eNarvik. Lokhu kugada, njengoba kungabonwa esibonelweni se-Rauenfels cargo steamer (8 brt), ethwele izikhali nemishini yamasosha aseJalimane eNarvik futhi yacwila ngo-April 8460 ekungeneni kwe-Ofotfjord ngababhubhisi be-CDR. I-Warburton-Lee ayizange isebenze. Yaziswa amatilosi ngemikhumbi esaphila ye-10th Warburton Lee ebhubhisa i-flotilla mayelana nesimo saseNarvik, Yeats, ephethe i-cruiser kanye nababhubhisi ababili (ngaphandle kwe-Havok, i-Hotspur ne-Hostile), ingazama ukuhlasela amaJalimane. Iqembu libuyile e-Ofotfjord, ngaphezu kwalokho, kulokhu ngenzuzo futhi futhi inzuzo yokumangala. Ngeshwa akazange alisebenzise leli thuba, njengoba ayecabanga ngemfundo yama-vadmas. UWilliam Jock Whitworth (ophethe ifulege lakhe eNkazimulweni) unikeza umyalelo wokuthi ashaye kuphela uma kunesidingo.
Nokho, ukuzulazula kwamaNgisi eWestford kwaholela ekuthunjweni kwesikebhe esithwala impahla saseJalimane i-Alster (8514 88 BRT). Lo mkhumbi olandelayo wokuthutha onemishini (okubandakanya amaloli ayi-9, izibhamu ezilwa nezindiza, izingxenye zezindiza, izinhlamvu, imishini ye-radiotelegraphy, i-coke kanye ... hay for horses) ukuze ufike eNarvik watholwa ngo-April 10 yi-patrol yaseNorway-Syrian, owayala umkhumbi ukuba ungene eBodø (Bodo). Nokho, ngemva kokuhlukaniswa kwezingxenye, amaJalimane aqhubeka nokuhamba ngomkhumbi ngokwepulani. Kamuva u-Alster wathola omunye umlindi waseNorway, uSvalbard II, owabikela iqembu likaYeats. Ekuseni ngo-Ephreli XNUMX, eBodø, i-Alster yamiswa umchithi waseBrithani u-Icarus. Lona wakhuphukela eceleni komkhumbi, izisebenzi zawo, zavula amatshe obukhosi, zizama
Kanjalo lacwilisa iqembu lakhe, kodwa iqembu labaklomelo elathunyelwa lisuka e-Icarus lasindisa umkhumbi futhi lamphelezela laya eTromsø. Umkhumbi wesithathu wokuthutha owawulibangise eNarvik, i-steamer Berenfels (7569 BRT), ngemva kokufunda ngesimo esingesihle kubo emanzini asenyakatho yeNorway, wayalelwa ukuba uye eBergen enkabeni yeNorway, lapho wangena khona ngaphandle kwezinkinga ngo-April 10. I-Vestfjord kanye nemikhumbi-ngwenya yaseJalimane, lapho i-U 25 yahlasela ababhubhisi baseBrithani i-Bedouin ne-Eskimo ngobusuku buka-April 10, kanye no-U 51 omunye umbhubhisi kamuva nje, kodwa amaJalimane adubula ingqikithi ye-torpedoes engu-6 ngokungalungile noma yaqhuma ngaphambi kwesikhathi. Ngomhla ziyi-12 kuMbasa, isikebhe saseJalimane sokudoba ngesitimu u-Wilhelm Reinhold (259 brt), esangena emanzini e-Vaagsfjord (enyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Ofotfjord), sabanjwa lapho isikebhe sase-Norwegian i-Thorodd sayiswa e-Harstad eseduze.
