Battle of Narvik april 9th . 1940

StarLion45 · 11-09-08, 10:03 AM

BATTLE OF NARVIK
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PANZERSHIP " EIDSVOLD " SINK !
..............................................

When that german " Narvik group " with the " Zerstörer Wilhelm-Heidkamp " in the front of the group at 0310 (am) April 9th . 1940
with 30 knots speed heading in to the "Ofotfjord" , was it almost day ......

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Panzership " Eidsvold " was ready for fight outside the harbour of Narvik .
Exitement aboard the ship was intense .
It was heavy snow over the fjord , and the watchout was stearing very carefully
into the snowy darkness . Suddently two german " Zerstörers " comes out of the snow only 300-400 meters from the ship .
CommanderCaptain Willoch aboard the " Eidsvold " gave immediately order to give signal , but when the german " Zerstörers " not responsed the signals , gave CmdrCaptain Willoch order to fire one warning shot .

The german Commander aboard on the " Zerstörer " Commodore Bonte , signal back with the answer : " I'll send boat with officer ".
When that motorboat arrived " Eidsvold " with the KorvettenKapitan Gerlach aboard , he come with the usual phrase : " We come as friends " .
And he adviced the Cmdr Willoch to surrender the ship " Eidsvold " without a fight .
Cmdr Willoch asked for 10 minutes , but this was not granted and the KorvettenKapitan Gerlach leaved the ship " Eidsvold " immediately .

Immediately after the meeting , Cmdr Willoch connected him self with his boss
on the Panzership " Norge " Cmdr Askim , and report was what happen . Cmdr Askim
then answered him back short , with the order to open fire .
KorvettenKapitan Gerlach was again aboard on the Panzership " Eidsvold " and
meeting Cmdr willoch who then gave him the message that he had the order to open fire . KorvettenKapitan Gerlach then saluted him , and leaved the " Eidsvold ".
Right after , Cmdr Willoch was running to the command bridge and called out :
" Man the battlestations , now we're gonna fight boys " !
In the meanwhile that german Zerstörer Z-21 " Wilhelm-Heidkamp " had went
behind , and around the " Eidsvold " , and was now at babord bow ofrom the
"Eidsvold " 700 meters away . And was ready to launch out his torpedoes .

Aboard on the " Eidsvold " it was given the order " halfspeed ahead " toward "
" wilhelm-Heidkamp " , and the order to open fire was given . Before the crew
on the " Eidsvold " was ready to shoot , theywas hit of 3 torpedoes with devastiting effects .

Then some nervous minutes followed .

" The Panzership " Eidsvold " turned slowly their huge cannon towers against us ,
and we steared nervous on this cannons , but nothing happened " ,
wrote a german .
3 torpedoes hit the " Eidsvold " , one torpedo hit the forward ship , one hit midship,
and the third one hit the sternship followed of an huge explosion .
It looks like they hit the ammunition area , because the forward ship went down first in 15 seconds .
The last that been seen of the Panzership " Eidsvold " before it disapeared , was the stern ship , sunk right into the deep . The clock was then 04.47 (am) .
Of the crew , wa only six men rescued , the other crew of 175 went down with the ship ......

StarLion45 · 11-09-08, 10:31 AM

hi everyone

I come over this .
It was used by german uboats in Norway

I love it :p :

StarLion45 · 11-09-08, 10:36 AM

german uboat uniform weared by subcmdr in Norway :

StarLion45 · 11-09-08, 10:44 AM

Hi everyone

Here is the last picture from now

Stay tune , more on the way .

Jimbuna · 11-09-08, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StarLion45

hi everyone

I come over this .
It was used by german uboats in Norway

I love it :p :

Nice

IIth Flotilla based in Bergen May 42 - May 45

http://uboat.net/flotillas/11flo.htm

StarLion45 · 11-09-08, 02:47 PM

I forgot to mention it

This picture is the uboat base ( Dora) in Trondheim Norway

:

StarLion45 · 11-09-08, 02:51 PM

Hi there Jimbuna

Yeah sure , " uboat.net " has it , but I had a better picture:rotfl:
That picture , and the picture of the uniform is taken from a Norwegian Museum

Sailor Steve · 11-09-08, 03:39 PM

Cool stuff!

Jimbuna · 11-09-08, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StarLion45

Hi there Jimbuna

Yeah sure , " uboat.net " has it , but I had a better picture:rotfl:
That picture , and the picture of the uniform is taken from a Norwegian Museum

I can see that....they're nice

StarLion45 · 11-09-08, 07:54 PM

Hi everyone

I share this video link with you

This video showing a german one man sub "Biber "

http://snutt.no/Movie.aspx?MovieRef=...2-ba1d7480be3a

StarLion45 · 11-09-08, 09:03 PM

hi everyone

I come over this submovie , it was made 1941
with some actors I don't know about

it's not like the movie " Das Boot " , but whatever.
I think this is the first submovie with actors ever:p
I hope I'm not wrong

Exuse me , but I couldn't get bigger video

here it is :

http://filmarkivet.dimag.no/labels/2...rdenskrig.html

StarLion45 · 11-09-08, 09:04 PM

It is the third movie from the top

coronas · 11-10-08, 06:51 AM

Thanks for sharing.

StarLion45 · 11-10-08, 06:33 PM

Hi everyone

Here is a memorial board :

Jimbuna · 11-11-08, 09:12 AM

Interesting........the order of battle for Warship - Group 1 (Operarion Weserubung)

http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OO...Weserubung.htm

11-09-08, 10:03 AM	#1
StarLion45 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stavanger,Norway Posts: 895 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Battle of Narvik april 9th . 1940 BATTLE OF NARVIK --------------------- PANZERSHIP " EIDSVOLD " SINK ! .............................................. When that german " Narvik group " with the " Zerstörer Wilhelm-Heidkamp " in the front of the group at 0310 (am) April 9th . 1940 with 30 knots speed heading in to the "Ofotfjord" , was it almost day ...... --------------------------------- Panzership " Eidsvold " was ready for fight outside the harbour of Narvik . Exitement aboard the ship was intense . It was heavy snow over the fjord , and the watchout was stearing very carefully into the snowy darkness . Suddently two german " Zerstörers " comes out of the snow only 300-400 meters from the ship . CommanderCaptain Willoch aboard the " Eidsvold " gave immediately order to give signal , but when the german " Zerstörers " not responsed the signals , gave CmdrCaptain Willoch order to fire one warning shot . The german Commander aboard on the " Zerstörer " Commodore Bonte , signal back with the answer : " I'll send boat with officer ". When that motorboat arrived " Eidsvold " with the KorvettenKapitan Gerlach aboard , he come with the usual phrase : " We come as friends " . And he adviced the Cmdr Willoch to surrender the ship " Eidsvold " without a fight . Cmdr Willoch asked for 10 minutes , but this was not granted and the KorvettenKapitan Gerlach leaved the ship " Eidsvold " immediately . Immediately after the meeting , Cmdr Willoch connected him self with his boss on the Panzership " Norge " Cmdr Askim , and report was what happen . Cmdr Askim then answered him back short , with the order to open fire . KorvettenKapitan Gerlach was again aboard on the Panzership " Eidsvold " and meeting Cmdr willoch who then gave him the message that he had the order to open fire . KorvettenKapitan Gerlach then saluted him , and leaved the " Eidsvold ". Right after , Cmdr Willoch was running to the command bridge and called out : " Man the battlestations , now we're gonna fight boys " ! In the meanwhile that german Zerstörer Z-21 " Wilhelm-Heidkamp " had went behind , and around the " Eidsvold " , and was now at babord bow ofrom the "Eidsvold " 700 meters away . And was ready to launch out his torpedoes . Aboard on the " Eidsvold " it was given the order " halfspeed ahead " toward " " wilhelm-Heidkamp " , and the order to open fire was given . Before the crew on the " Eidsvold " was ready to shoot , theywas hit of 3 torpedoes with devastiting effects . Then some nervous minutes followed . " The Panzership " Eidsvold " turned slowly their huge cannon towers against us , and we steared nervous on this cannons , but nothing happened " , wrote a german . 3 torpedoes hit the " Eidsvold " , one torpedo hit the forward ship , one hit midship, and the third one hit the sternship followed of an huge explosion . It looks like they hit the ammunition area , because the forward ship went down first in 15 seconds . The last that been seen of the Panzership " Eidsvold " before it disapeared , was the stern ship , sunk right into the deep . The clock was then 04.47 (am) . Of the crew , wa only six men rescued , the other crew of 175 went down with the ship ......

11-09-08, 10:31 AM	#2
StarLion45 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stavanger,Norway Posts: 895 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Do you like this one ? hi everyone I come over this . It was used by german uboats in Norway I love it :p :

11-09-08, 10:36 AM	#3
StarLion45 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stavanger,Norway Posts: 895 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	I also find this german uboat uniform weared by subcmdr in Norway :

11-09-08, 10:44 AM	#4
StarLion45 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stavanger,Norway Posts: 895 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Uboat base Hi everyone Here is the last picture from now Stay tune , more on the way .

11-09-08, 02:47 PM	#6
StarLion45 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stavanger,Norway Posts: 895 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Uh. I forgot to mention it This picture is the uboat base ( Dora) in Trondheim Norway :

11-09-08, 02:51 PM	#7
StarLion45 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stavanger,Norway Posts: 895 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Hi Jimbuna Hi there Jimbuna Yeah sure , " uboat.net " has it , but I had a better picture:rotfl: That picture , and the picture of the uniform is taken from a Norwegian Museum

11-09-08, 03:39 PM	#8
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11-09-08, 07:54 PM	#10
StarLion45 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stavanger,Norway Posts: 895 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	German one man sub " Biber " Hi everyone I share this video link with you This video showing a german one man sub "Biber " http://snutt.no/Movie.aspx?MovieRef=...2-ba1d7480be3a

11-09-08, 09:03 PM	#11
StarLion45 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stavanger,Norway Posts: 895 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	The first ww2 submovie hi everyone I come over this submovie , it was made 1941 with some actors I don't know about it's not like the movie " Das Boot " , but whatever. I think this is the first submovie with actors ever:p I hope I'm not wrong Exuse me , but I couldn't get bigger video here it is : http://filmarkivet.dimag.no/labels/2...rdenskrig.html

11-09-08, 09:04 PM	#12
StarLion45 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stavanger,Norway Posts: 895 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	oh exuse me It is the third movie from the top

11-10-08, 06:51 AM	#13
coronas Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: Asturias, España Posts: 1,168 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Thanks for sharing. __________________

11-10-08, 06:33 PM	#14
StarLion45 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stavanger,Norway Posts: 895 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Memorial Narvik 1940 Hi everyone Here is a memorial board :

11-11-08, 09:12 AM	#15
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Interesting........the order of battle for Warship - Group 1 (Operarion Weserubung) http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OO...Weserubung.htm __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!