0ffice of Naval Intelligence 23  Apri 1 1940
 
NAVAL LOSSES DURING NORWEGIAN OPERATIONS
 
                     23 
(Corrected to ^ April - Third Revision)
 
(British Naval Losses - Cont.)
 
Name                      Tons           Date sunk      Date Damaged                   Cause - Remarks
 
Destroyers
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GLOWWORM*   1,345               4/8/40                                                Enemy gunfire off Nor-  
                                                                                                              Wegian coast    
 
GURKHA *        1,870                4/9/40                                                Bombed & sunk - 5 off
                                                                                                              and 10 men lost - about
                                                                                                              60 mi. SW Bergenfjord.
 
HUNTER*          1,340               4/10/40                                              Gunfire, German DD's
                                                                                                             and shore guns, Narvik 
 
HARDY             1,505                                          4/10/40                    Beached  several damaged
                                                                                                             By gunfire, Narvik.
                                                                                                             2 off. 4 men killed,
                                                                                                             3 off. 6 men wounded
 
 
HOSTILE*       1,340                                          4/10/40                     Slightly damaged, Narvik
 
HOTSPUR*     1,340                                           4/10/40                        Seriously damaged  
                                                                                                               Gunfire at Narvik
 
3 *                    (?)                                              4/13/40                       Slightly damaged, Narvik
 
Eclipse*          1,375                                           Prior 4/19                     Bomb splinters,
                                                                                                                "hear miss"
 
Submarines
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THISTLE*    1,095     Reported                                                                Missing - 53 officers      
                                    4/16/40                                                                 and man believed lost.
 
Trawler
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Rutlandshire*   450        4/21/40                                                              Air attack- Namsos
 
 
Above  list believed correct from infomation received to this date, but probably
 incomplete.
 
Notes:
(*) Officially admtted by British Admiralty
(#) Believed reliable
(@) Doubtful reliability.