Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill10 April 1940
Receives reports of Warburton-Lee's destroyer attack at Narvik.
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Receives reports of Warburton-Lee's destroyer attack at Narvik.
The Royal Navy attacks German destroyers at Narvik during the first naval battle in Ofotfjord.
Courage commands HMS Havock during the British destroyer attack on German ships at Narvik.
Layman commands HMS Hotspur during the destroyer action and withdraws after heavy damage.
Warburton-Lee leads the British destroyer attack into Ofotfjord and is killed after HMS Hardy is hit.
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