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0ffice of Naval Intelligence                            23  Apri1 1940
 
NAVAL LOSSES DURING NORWEGIAN  OPERATIONS
 
                  (Corrected to 23  April - Third Revision)
 
                         GERMAN NAVAL LOSSES
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NAME               TONS      DATE SUNK    DATE DAMAGED      CAUSE-REMARKS
 
Battleship  
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SCHARNHORST #      26,000                             4/9/40                  Gunfire, RENOWN. Forward 
                                                                                                         turrets possibly out of            
                                                                                                        action - 1 possible hit
                                                                                                        aft.
 
 
ADMIRAL SCHEER#   10,000                         4/11/40                         Torpedo(es) HMS
                                                                                                               Spearfish                 
 
(Norwegians claim GNEISENAU sunk by coastal batteries at
Oslo on 4/9/40, but omit reference to BLUECHER. Mistaken identity probable.)
 
(Unconfirmed Stockholm report that LUETZOW  (ex-DEUTSCHLAND) aground near
Trondheim
 
 
Heavy cruisers
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 BLUECHER*               l0,000          4/9/40                                             Norwegian coastal         
                                                                                                                batteries and mine, Oslo
 
 Light Cruisers
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 KARLSRUHE*           6,000           4/9/40                                   Torpedoed - HMS TRUANT    
                                                                                                      Kristiansand.
 
 
(2) EMDEN@             5,400            4/9/40?                                  Reported sunk by OLAF
 
                                                                                                            TRYGVASSON, Olso
 
 
   1 CL (KOLN class)@
             ( ?)                6000?                                         4/10/40           Bomb in Bergenfjord.
 
   (2) 1 CL (KOLN CLASS)@
            ( ?)                  6,000(?)        4/10/40                                      F.A.A. claimed 3 bomb         
                                                                                                           hits at Bergen. Later            
                                                                                                           observation reported            
                                                                                                           long oil slick.
 
Notice One of these probably sunk
 
Destroyers
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   (British claim 9 German DD's  sunk; Germans fully admit only 2 sunk, on 4/10/40
 at Narvik.)
 
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