10 April 1940
Battle of Narvik
Leads the British destroyer attack in the first naval battle.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Ofotfjord in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Leads the British destroyer attack in the first naval battle.
Commands HMS Hotspur during the first naval battle.
Commands HMS Havock during the destroyer attack.
Warburton-Lee leads the British destroyer attack into Ofotfjord and is killed after HMS Hardy is hit.
Layman commands HMS Hotspur during the destroyer action and withdraws after heavy damage.
Courage commands HMS Havock during the British destroyer attack on German ships at Narvik.
The Royal Navy attacks German destroyers at Narvik during the first naval battle in Ofotfjord.
Leads British destroyers in a surprise attack on German ships at Narvik.
Commands HMS Havock in the destroyer attack at Narvik.
Withdraws HMS Hotspur after heavy damage in the first naval battle.
Warburton-Lee leads the Royal Navy destroyer attack against German forces at Narvik after the invasion begins.
Commands HMS Cossack during the attack on German destroyers.
Commands HMS Warspite during the second naval attack.
Leads HMS Warspite and destroyers in the second naval battle.
Sherbrooke commands HMS Cossack during Whitworth's attack against the remaining German destroyers.
Crutchley commands HMS Warspite as the battleship supports the second naval attack on Narvik.
Whitworth leads HMS Warspite and destroyers into Ofotfjord to destroy the remaining German destroyers.
British naval forces destroy or force the scuttling of the remaining German destroyers at Narvik.
Commands HMS Cossack during Whitworth's attack on German destroyers.
Commands HMS Warspite during the second naval battle.
Whitworth leads HMS Warspite and destroyers in the second naval attack on the German Narvik force.
Leads HMS Warspite and destroyers into Ofotfjord.
Provenance
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