Second British destroyer flotilla, led by battleship HMS Warspite,
stormed Narvik and sank seven German destroyers, four in Narvik
Bay, and three in Rombaks Fjord, behind the town. Field howitzers
on the shore put out of action by HMS Cossack. Three British
destroyers damaged but not seriously.
The British Admiralty reported that fleet air arm had carried
out attacks against German warships, transports and supply
ships at Bergen. Three large transport or supply ship's bombed
and a warehouse containing munitions blown up. One British
aircraft made a forced landing in the sea, the rest returned
safely.
Coastal command aircraft dropped heavy bombs over Stavanger
aerodrome causing extensive damage.
Messerschmitt
Me 110 shot down in flames. Reconnaissance plane of coastal
command fought a German destroyer and a
Dornier
Do 18 flying boat in a snowstorm. Eventually reaching
home with a leaking petrol tank.
Two more German trawlers Nordland and Blankenberg brought
in by prize crews.
Dutch motor vessel Velocitas mined off English coast.
Z2
Georg Thiele Destroyer
Sunk 13 April 1940
Z9
Wolfgang Zenker Destroyer
Scuttled 13 April 1940
Z11
Bernd von Arnim Destroyer
Scuttled 13 April 1940
Z12
Erich Giese Destroyer
Scuttled 13 April 1940
Z13
Erich Koellner Destroyer
Sunk 13 April 1940
Z17
Diether von Roeder Destroyer
Sunk 13 April 1940
Z18
Hans Lüdemann Destroyer
Scuttled 13 April 1940
Z19
Hermann Künne Destroyer
Scuttled13 April 1940
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2194 Days Of War.
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