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address 7 - 08 sdram address 8 - 09 sdram address 9 - 10 sdram address 10 - 11 sdram address 11 - 12 sdram address 12 - 13 sdram address 13 - 14 sdram address 14 - 15 nand command latch - 16 nand address latch - 17 SHDN_HOST??? - 18 TP23 (free) - 19 sdram dcs - 20 sdram ras - 21
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sdram cas - 22 ??? - 23 sdram cke - 24 sdram cko - 25 sdram cs1 - 26 sdram cs2 - 27 USB ID - 28 ??? - 29 Audio output enable - 30 TP25 (free) - 31 ??? Port C - 00 lcd data 0 - 01 lcd data 1 - 02 lcd data 2 - 03 lcd data 3 - 04
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lcd data 4 - 05 lcd data 5 - 06 lcd data 6 - 07 lcd data 7 - 08 TP 35 (unused) - 09 TP 36 (unused) - 10 keyboard out 0 - 11 keyboard out 1 - 12 keyboard out 2 - 13 keyboard out 3 - 14 keyboard out 4 - 15 keyboard out 5 - 16 keyboard out 6 -
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17 keyboard out 7 - 18 lcd pixel clock - 19 lcd hsync - 20 lcd vsync - 21 LCD SPI chipselect - 22 LCD SPI data - 23 LCD SPI clock - 24 sdram write enable 1 - 27 Charge detect - 28 nand read enable - 29 nand write enable - 30 nand flash ready/busy - 31 select uart or jtag on
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pad 147; not a gpio pin Port D - 00 SD Card detect - 02 SD Card power enable - 04 Speaker AMP enable - 06 Shutdown detect - 08 SD Card command - 09 SD Card clock - 10 SD Card data 1 - 11 SD Card data 2 - 12 SD Card data 3 - 13 SD Card data 4 - 15
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TP 38 (free) - 18 Keyboard in 1 - 19 Keyboard in 2 - 20 Keyboard in 3 - 21 Keyboard in 4 - 22 Keyboard in 5 - 23 Keyboard in 6 (i2c?) - 24 Keyboard in 7 (i2c?) - 25 uart transmit - 26 Keyboard in 8 (uart receive) - 27 Buzzer, controlled with pwm4. Piezo-electric buzzer; not related to soundcard output.
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- 28 USB detect - 29 power button Test Points Under Battery This page is to describe all test pins under battery label. You may want to probe or discover them as long as you tear off battery label. Also this whole page you can reference to the schematic of AVT2 RC1 Reference Board. - TP 9, V33, system voltage 3.3V when power on
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clock output, Please see MicroSD. - TP 17, SDCMD, MSC_CMD/GPD8(in/out) of jz4720, MSC command, Please see MicroSD. - TP 19, CS1_N, CS1_/GPB25(out) of jz4720, This connects to NAND (NAND chip enable). - TP 20, CS2_N, CS2_/GPB26(out) of jz4720, This connects to NAND (NAND chip enable 2). - TP 24, POP, GPB29(out) of jz4720, This pin is the purpose on eliminate POP sound free. Please
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also see Audio IN OUT. - TP 25 COB TEST, GPB30 of jz4720, Purpose during production test. - TP 26, FWE_N, FWE_/GPC29(out) of jz4720, This connects to NAND WE_(NAND flash write enable). Please see NAND. - TP 29, FRB_N, FRB_/GPC30(in) of jz4720, This connects to NAND FRB(NAND flash ready/busy). Please see NAND. - TP 32, CHARGE_N, GPC27(in) of jz4720, Through this input pin that
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shows if charging or not. Please see Power Supply Circuit & Battery Charger. - TP 39, LCD0, pin 16 of CON2 FPC connector, GPC0(out) of jz4720, Please see LCD. - TP 40, LCD1, pin 15 of CON2 FPC connector, GPC1(out) of jz4720, Please see LCD. - TP 41, LCD2, pin 14 of CON2 FPC connector, GPC2(out) of jz4720, Please see LCD. - TP 42,
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LCD3, pin 13 of CON2 FPC connector, GPC3(out) of jz4720, Please see LCD. - TP 43, LCD4, pin 12 of CON2 FPC connector, GPC4(out) of jz4720, Please see LCD. - TP 44, LCD5, pin 11 of CON2 FPC connector, GPC5(out) of jz4720, Please see LCD. - TP 45, LCD6, pin 10 of CON2 FPC connector, GPC6(out) of jz4720, Please see LCD. - TP 46,
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LCD7, pin 9 of CON2 FPC connector, GPC7(out) of jz4720, Please see LCD. - TP 47, LCDDCLK, pin 17 of CON2 FPC connector, GPC18(out) of jz4720, Please see LCD. - TP 48, VSYNC, pin 18 of CON2 FPC connector, GPC20(out) of jz4720, Please see LCD. - TP 49, HSYNC, pin 19 of CON2 FPC connector, GPC19(out) of jz4720, Please see LCD. - TP 50,
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LCDCS, pin 20 of CON2 FPC connector, GPC21(out) of jz4720, Please see LCD. - TP 51, LCDSCL, pin 21 of CON2 FPC connector, GPC22(out) of jz4720, Please see LCD. - TP 52, LCDSDA, pin 22 of CON2 FPC connector, GPC23(in/out) of jz4720, Please see LCD. - TP 60, KEYOUT2, GPC11(out) of jz4720, Please see Keyboard. - TP 62, KEYOUT4, GPC13(out) of jz4720, Please see
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Keyboard. - TP 63, KEYOUT5, GPC14(out) of jz4720, Please see Keyboard. - TP 64, KEYOUT6, GPC15(out) of jz4720, Please see Keyboard. - TP 66, KEYOUT8, GPC17(out) of jz4720, Please see Keyboard. - TP 67, KEYIN1, GPD18(in) of jz4720, Please see Keyboard. - TP 74, KEYIN8, GPD26(in) of jz4720, Serial console RXD pin in, Please see Serial console. - TP 75, TXD, GPD25(out) of jz4720,
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Serial console TXD pin out, Please see Serial console. - TP 76, GND, System ground, Please see Serial console. - TP 79, USBDET, GPD28(input) of jz4720, Jz4720 can detect a "LOW" status during usb host cable is plug in.
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Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2| Foix is the administrative capital of the Ariège. It is an ancient medieval town with a fortress Chateau de Foix perched on a hill overlooking it. The fortress has been attacked many times without capture, including
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an attempt by Simon de Montfort. It has also been used as a prison, and the names of English prisoners of war can still be seen on the cell walls. Another famous chateau in the Ariège is Montségur, located on a rocky outcrop at a height of 1200 metres (3,900
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ft). During the Albigensian Crusade and siege of 1244 AD the chateau was largely destroyed, with more than two hundred Cathar priests burnt at the stake as heretics. The chateau was gradually rebuilt by Royalists over a period of the next three hundred years. The start of the seventeenth century
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saw the area ravaged by wars between Protestants and Catholics. In 1621 Huguenot forces ruined the church at La Tour-du-Crieu. In 1629 Pamiers was sacked by Henry of Condé following uprisings that left several hundred dead in the city. This was also the period during which the abbeys at Foix,
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Tarascon-sur-Ariège, Saint-Girons, Saverdun and Le Mas-d'Azil were torched and destroyed. The nineteenth century was a time of strong industrial growth, supported in Ariège by an abundant supply of water power. The department also benefitted from its significant reserves of iron ore. The growth of iron based industries were a feature
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of the period, with the establishment in 1817 of a steel manufacturing plant at Pamiers which has been a principal driver of the local economy ever since. Other representative examples of the iron based industry that developed in Ariège during the nineteenth century include the forges at Montgaillard and the
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blast furnaces at Tarascon-sur-Ariège. Description of the department's industrial development during the nineteenth century should also include mention of the paper industry at Saint-Girons and the textile industry in the Pays d'Olmes. Towns of particular historical interest in the département include Pamiers, host to a large commercial centre and three
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churches. Mirepoix is a medieval town, as is Saint-Lizier situated on a hilltop with winding streets, fine views and a church with cloisters that are noteworthy. Saint-Girons is an agricultural centre with a Saturday market. The geography is dominated by the Pyrenees mountains, which form the border between France and
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Spain. There are hundreds of miles of well-marked paths which allow exploration of the magnificent Pyrenees mountains. The high mountains are easily accessible via good roads, cable cars or by foot. There are a number of lodges providing high level mountain accommodation that are comfortable, warm and with good meals.
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There are also a number of fresh water lakes which provide a variety of activities including, walking, swimming, fishing, canoeing, sailboarding and picnicking. The Ariege has several of its own downhill ski resorts, the three largest being Ax-Bonascre, Les Monts D'Olmes and Guzet-Neige. There are many cross country ski-ing resorts,
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one of the best being at Plateau de Beille, near Les Cabannes. The Pyrenees mountain range forms a fantastic backdrop to the entire Ariège Department, rising some 10,000 feet (3000m) in the Montcalm Massif, along the border with Andorra and Spain. The highest peaks are clearly visible visible from Toulouse
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in the Haute Garonne. It is one of the least populated and most unspoiled regions of France. The locals enjoy keeping traditions alive, especially old farming techniques. Consequently, as fewer insecticides, for example, have been used, the flora and fauna of the area continue to be rich in both diversity
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and numbers. Butterflies are common and birds are numerous; particularly noticeable are large birds of prey, including the magnificent Griffon vultures. There are also many unspoiled villages and hamlets tucked away in the valleys close to the department's border with Spain – Seix, Cominac and Aulus Les Bain are examples
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– together with picturesque mountain villages, most notably Aleu which comes alive in the holiday season. Ariège stands on the eastern limit of oceanic dominance over rainfall, but other influences are felt: - Mediterranean – particularly visible in the vegetation of the foothills and of the valley of the Ariège
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river towards Tarascon, and in the Pays de Sault; - Continental – in the Pyrenean valleys, with many storms and big differences of temperature between day and night. There is no great tendency to summer drought as the flow of air from the north-west brings rain throughout the year. Rainfall
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is moderate on the foothills and in some sheltered valleys, measuring 700 to 1,000 mm per year, but increases significantly in the higher valleys with levels between 1,000 mm and 1,800 mm. The slopes exposed to the north-west, such as Aulus and Orlu, are, as one would expect, the wettest,
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together with the frontal ridges that meet air flow from the southwest (giving rise to the Foehn effect). Snow cover is common over 1,000 metres, lasting several months above 1,500 to 2,000 metres. Some periglacial areas exist over 2,500 m but the only true glacier in Ariège is that of
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Mont Valier, near Castillon-en-Couserans. Temperatures are mild in the foothills, e.g. at the city of Foix (400 metres) the average is 5 °C in January and 19 °C in July. However, they decline rapidly with elevation, e.g. at l'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre (1,430 m) it is 0 °C in January and 14 °C
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in July. The inhabitants of the department are called Ariégeois. The department has 151,477 inhabitants, or 146,289 as the population without double counting. The populations of the arrondissements (double-counting) are : - Foix – 53,595 - Pamiers – 69,664 - Saint Girons – 28,218 The populations of the principal towns
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(double-counting) are : - Pamiers – 15,702 - Foix – 9,994 - Lavelanet – 7,068 - Saint Girons – 7,019 The Ariege department is a largely unknown department which is situated next to the Aude in the most southern part of the Midi-Pyrenees region and shares its borders with the
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‘business incubators’ to support enterprise in Ariège. The department has two parliamentary constituencies and twenty-two cantons. Broadly speaking, Ariège has been firmly held by the Socialist Party since the days of the Third Republic, although in recent years the right has managed to make some inroads. Nevertheless, the department remains
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one of the most left-wing departments in France, and the left holds all but three of the department's 22 cantons. The President of the General Council is Augustin Bonrepaux of the Socialist Party. |Union for a Popular Movement||2| Ariégeois gastronomy is based on the cooking of Pyrenean regional food, such
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as cheese or charcuterie from the mountain country. The Azinat is the local and typical dish of Ariege. The department is also well advanced in the field of organic farming. The castle of Foix Cathedral of Saint-Antonin at Pamiers Cathedral de Saint-Lizier Covered shopfronts at Mirepoix According to the general
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Bayle (1647–1706), philosopher and writer, born at Carla-Bayle (then known as Carla-le-Comte; the commune changed its name in his honour) - Théophile Delcassé (1852–1923), politician, minister, ambassador, born at Pamiers - Jacques Dupont (born in 1928), cyclist, holder of the Olympic record, born at Lézat-sur-Lèze - Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), composer,
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born at Pamiers - Jacques Fournier (1285–1342), bishop of Pamiers then of Mirepoix, pope under the name Benedict XII from 1336 to 1342 (Avignon), born at Canté near Saverdun - Claude Piquemal (born in 1939), athlete and sprinter, Olympic medalist, born at Siguer - Marie Laforêt, born Maïténa Marie Brigitte
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figures as at 8 March 1999 - Estimates of the intermediate census, INSEE, figures as at 1 July 2005 |Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ariège| - (French)Conseil general website - (French)Prefecture website - (French)Trekking in Ariege Pyrenees website - (French)Photography Panoramics 360° website - (French)Photography Panoramics 360° website 2
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A bullock cart or ox cart is a two-wheeled or four-wheeled vehicle pulled by oxen (draught cattle). It is a means of transportation used since ancient times in many parts of the world. They are still used today where modern vehicles are too expensive or the infrastructure does not favor
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them. Used especially for carrying goods, the bullock cart is pulled by one or several oxen (bullocks). The cart (also known as a jinker) is attached to a bullock team by a special chain attached to yokes, but a rope may also be used for one or two animals. The
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driver and any other passengers sit on the front of the cart, while load is placed in the back. Traditionally the cargo was usually agrarian goods and lumber. Costa Rica In Costa Rica, ox carts (carretas in the Spanish language) were an important aspect of the daily life and commerce,
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especially between 1850 to 1935, developing a unique construction and decoration tradition that is still being developed. Costa Rican parades and traditional celebrations are not complete without a traditional ox cart parade. In 1988, the traditional ox cart was declared as National Symbol of Work by the Costa Rican government.
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In 2005, the "Oxherding and Oxcart Traditions in Costa Rica" were included in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In Indonesia, Bullock Carts are commonly used in the rural parts of the country, where it is used for transporting goods and carriages and also people. But
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it is mostly common in Indonesia that there are Horse Car than Bullock Carts on the streets of Indonesia. Bullock carts were widely used in Malaysia before the introduction of automobiles, and many are still used today. These included passenger vehicles, now used especially for tourists. Passenger carts are usually
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one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14,300 km² extending east from the Java island of Indonesia. The population was 1,831,000 in the 2010 census and the largest town is Maumere. Flores is
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Portuguese for "flowers". Flores is located east of Sumbawa and Komodo and west of Lembata and the Alor Archipelago. To the southeast is Timor. To the south, across the Sumba strait, is Sumba and to the north, beyond the Flores
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Sea, is Sulawesi. Homo floresiensis In September 2004, at Liang Bua Cave in western Flores, paleoanthropologists discovered small skeletons that they described as a previously unknown hominid species, Homo floresiensis. These are informally named hobbits and appear to have stood
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about 1 m (3.3 ft) tall. The most complete individual (LB1) is dated as 18,000 years old. The Dominican order was extremely important in this island, as well as in the neighbouring islands of Timor and Solor. When in 1613
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the Dutch attacked the Fortres of Solor, the population of this fort, led by the Dominicans, moved to the harbor town of Larantuka, on the eastern coast of Flores. This population was mixed, of Portuguese and local islanders descent and
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Larantuqueiros, Topasses (people that wear heats) or, as Dutch knew them, the 'Black Portuguese' (Swarte Portugueezen). The Larantuqueiros or Topasses became the dominant sandalwood trading people of the region for the next 200 years. This group used Portuguese as the
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language for worship, Malay as the language of trade and a mixed dialect as mother tongue. This was observed by William Dampier, a British Brigadier visiting the Island in 1699: - These [the Topasses] have no Forts, but depend on
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their Alliance with the Natives: And indeed they are already so mixt, that it is hard to distinguish whether they are Portugueze or Indians. Their Language is Portugueze; and the religion they have, is Romish. They seem in Words to
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acknowledge the King of Portugal for their Sovereign; yet they will not accept any Officers sent by him. They speak indifferently the Malayan and their own native Languages, as well as Portugueze. In 1846, Dutch and Portuguese initiated negotiations towards
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delimiting the territories but these negotiations led to nowhere. In 1851 the new governor of Timor, Solor and Flores, Lima Lopes, faced with an impoverished administration, agreed to sell eastern Flores and the nearby islands to Dutch in return for
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a payment of 200,000 Florins. Lima Lopes did so without the consent of Lisbon and was dismissed in disgrace, but his agreement was not rescinded and in 1854 Portugal ceded all its historical claims on Flores. After this, Flores became
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part of the territory of Dutch East Indies. Flores is part of the East Nusa Tenggara province. The island along with smaller minor islands are split into eight regencies (local government districts); from west to east these are: Manggarai Barat
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(West Manggarai), Manggarai Tengah (Central Manggarai), Manggarai Timur (East Manggarai), Ngada, Nagekeo, Ende, Sikka and Flores Timur (East Flores). It has 39.1% of the provincial population as of 2010, and the most Indonesians of all islands in the province. However,
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Timor including the nation of East Timor is more populated. It is the island with the 9th most Indonesians. Among all islands containing Indonesian territory, it is the 10th most populous after Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Bali, Madura,
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one of the few places, aside from the island of Komodo itself, where the Komodo dragon can be found in the wild, and is part of Komodo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kelimutu National Park is the second
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national park designated on Flores to protect endangered species. The Flores giant rat is also endemic to the island, and Verhoeven's giant tree rat was formerly present. These giant rodents are considered examples of island gigantism. Flores was also the
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habitat of several extinct dwarf forms of the proboscidean Stegodon, the most recent (Stegodon florensis insularis) disappearing approximately 12 000 years ago. It is speculated by scientists that limited resources and an absence of advanced predators made the few megafaunal
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species that reached the island subject to insular dwarfism. There are many languages spoken on the island of Flores, all of them belonging to the Austronesian family. In the centre of the island in the districts of Ngada, Nagekeo, and
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Ende there is what is variously called the Central Flores Dialect Chain or the Central Flores Linkage. Within this area there are slight linguistic differences in almost every village. At least six separate languages are identifiable. These are from west
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to east: Ngadha, Nage, Keo, Ende, Lio and Palu'e, which is spoken on the island with the same name of the north coast of Flores. Locals would probably also add So'a and Bajawa to this list, which anthropologists have labeled
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dialects of Ngadha. Flores is almost entirely Roman Catholic and represents one of the "religious borders" created by the Catholic expansion in the Pacific and the spread of Islam from the west across Indonesia. In other places in Indonesia, such
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as in the Maluku Islands and Sulawesi, the divide is less rigid and has been the source of bloody sectarian clashes. The most famous tourist attraction in Flores is Kelimutu, a volcano containing three colored lakes, located in the district
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of Ende close to the town of Moni. These crater lakes are in the caldera of a volcano, and fed by a volcanic gas source, resulting in highly acidic water. The colored lakes change colors on an irregular basis, depending
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on the oxidation state of the lake from bright red through green and blue. There are snorkelling and diving locations along the north coast of Flores, most notably Maumere and Riung. However, due to the destructive practice of local fishermen
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using bombs to fish, and locals selling shells to tourists, combined with the after effects of a devastating tsunami in 1992, the reefs have slowly been destroyed. Labuan Bajo (on the western tip of Flores) is a town often used
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by tourists as a base to visit Komodo and Rinca. Labuanbajo also attracts scuba divers, as whale sharks inhabit the waters around Labuanbajo. In addition to tourism, the main economic activities on Flores are agriculture, fishing and seaweed production. The
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primary food crops being grown on Flores are rice, maize, sweet potato and cassava, while the main cash crops are coffee, coconut, candle nut and cashew. Flores is one of the newest origins for Indonesian coffee. Previously, most Arabica coffee
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(Coffea arabica) from Flores was blended with other origins. Now, demand is growing for this coffee because of its heavy body and sweet chocolate, floral and woody notes. An ancient Ngada megalith See also - Monk, K.A.; Fretes, Y., Reksodiharjo-Lilley,
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G. (1996). The Ecology of Nusa Tenggara and Maluku. Hong Kong: Periplus Editions Ltd. p. 7. ISBN 962-593-076-0. - "Out of the Ashes - Chapter 1". Epress.anu.edu.au. 1914-06-25. Retrieved 2012-07-25. - L, Klemen (1999-2000). "The Lesser Sunda Islands 1941-1942". Forgotten
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Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942. - "Hasil Sensus Penduduk 2010". Ntt.bps.go.id. Retrieved 2012-07-25. - Van Den Bergh, G. D.; Rokhus Due Awe; Morwood, M. J.; Sutikna, T.; Jatmiko; Wahyu Saptomo, E. (May 2008). "The youngest Stegodon remains in
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Southeast Asia from the Late Pleistocene archaeological site Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia". Quaternary International 182 (1): 16–48. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2007.02.001. Retrieved 27 November 2011. - "Hobbits" Were Pygmy Ancestors, Not New Species, Study Says, National Geographic, 21 August 2006. - Pasternack. Keli
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Mutu Volcanic Lakes, University of California Davis. - East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Retrieved 8 August 2008. - Arabica Producing Regions of Indonesia, Specialty Coffee Association of Indonesia. Retrieved 8 August 2008. |Wikimedia Commons has media
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× 1 - 2 cm (0.79 in) guns 2 × 4 - 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes 32–64 depth charges, 4 throwers and 6 individual racks Z11 Bernd von Arnim was a Type 1934A-class destroyer built for the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) in the late 1930s. At the beginning of World War II, the ship was initially deployed to blockade the Polish coast, but
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she was quickly transferred to the German Bight to lay minefields in German waters. In late 1939 the ship made one successful minelaying sortie off the English coast that claimed one British warship and seven merchant ships. During the early stages of the Norwegian Campaign, Bernd von Arnim fought the British destroyer Glowworm while transporting troops to the Narvik area in early April 1940,
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but neither ship was damaged during the action. The ship fought in both naval Battles of Narvik several days later and had to be scuttled after she exhausted her ammunition. Design and description Bernd von Arnim had an overall length of 119 meters (390 ft 5 in) and was 114 meters (374 ft 0 in) long at the waterline. The ship had a beam
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of 11.3 meters (37 ft 1 in), and a maximum draft of 4.23 meters (13 ft 11 in). She displaced 2,171 long tons (2,206 t) at standard load and 3,190 long tons (3,240 t) at deep load. The Wagner geared steam turbines were designed to produce 70,000 shaft horsepower (52,199 kW) which would propel the ship at 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). Steam
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was provided to the turbines by six high-pressure Benson boilers with superheaters. Bernd von Arnim carried a maximum of 752 metric tons (740 long tons) of fuel oil which was intended to give a range of 4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km; 5,100 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph), but the ship proved top-heavy in service and 30% of the fuel had to
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be retained as ballast low in the ship. The effective range proved to be only 1,530 nmi (2,830 km; 1,760 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph). Bernd von Arnim carried five 12.7 cm SK C/34 guns in single mounts with gun shields, two each superimposed, fore and aft. The fifth gun was carried on top of the rear deckhouse. Her anti-aircraft armament
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consisted of four 3.7 cm SK C/30 guns in two twin mounts abreast the rear funnel and six 2 cm C/30 guns in single mounts. The ship carried eight above-water 53.3-centimeter (21.0 in) torpedo tubes in two power-operated mounts. Four depth charge throwers were mounted on the sides of the rear deckhouse and they were supplemented by six racks for individual depth charges on
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the sides of the stern. Enough depth charges were carried for either two or four patterns of 16 charges each. Mine rails could be fitted on the rear deck that had a maximum capacity of 60 mines. 'GHG' (Gruppenhorchgerät) passive hydrophones were fitted to detect submarines. The ship was ordered on 4 August 1934 and laid down at Germania, Kiel on 26 March 1935
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as yard number G537. She was launched on 8 July 1936 and completed on 6 July 1938. When World War II began in September 1939, Bernd von Arnim was initially deployed in the Baltic to operate against the Polish Navy and to enforce a blockade of Poland, but she was soon transferred to the German Bight where she joined her sisters in laying defensive
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minefields. The ship also patrolled the Skagerrak to inspect neutral shipping for contraband goods. Bernd von Arnim joined the other destroyers in laying minefields off the British coast in November, when Bernd von Arnim, Hermann Künne and Wilhelm Heidkamp laid about 180 magnetic mines in the middle of the Thames Estuary on the night of 17/18 November. The destroyer HMS Gipsy, one trawler, and
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seven other ships totalling 27,565 Gross Register Tons (GRT) were sunk by this minefield. Four days later, she was one of the destroyers escorting the battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst through the North Sea to break out into the North Atlantic. Together with her sisters Hans Lody and Erich Giese, Bernd von Arnim was to lay a minefield off Cromer during the night of 6/7
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December, but she had trouble with two of her boilers and had to shut them down. The ship was ordered to return to port while the other two destroyers continued their mission. Norwegian Campaign Bernd von Arnim was allocated to Group 1 for the Norwegian portion of Operation Weserübung in April 1940. The group's task was to transport the 139th Mountain Infantry Regiment (139.
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Gebirgsjäger Regiment) and the headquarters of the 3rd Mountain Division (3. Gebirgs-Division) to seize Narvik. The ships began loading troops on 6 April and set sail the next day. Bernd von Arnim was spotted by the British destroyer Glowworm in a storm on the morning of 8 April and the ship turned away to the north-west at full speed after laying a smoke screen.
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The German ship was suffering damage from the heavy seas at 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) and was forced to reduce speed to 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) after she had lost two men overboard. The British destroyer was better suited for the conditions and began to close on Bernd von Arnim. Lieutenant Commander (Korvettenkapitän) Curt Rechel, captain of von Arnim, turned
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his ship to the north-east, closer to the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. The ships exchanged fire without effect for an hour until Hipper came within range and sank Glowworm shortly afterward. The German destroyers reached the Ofotfjord on the morning of 9 April and Commodore Friedrich Bonte took his flagship Wilhelm Heidkamp, Bernd von Arnim and Georg Thiele down the fjord to Narvik. A
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heavy snowstorm allowed von Arnim and Thiele to enter the harbor without challenge and tie up at a pier. The mountain troops immediately began disembarking, but the ship was spotted by the coast defense ship Norge a few minutes later. The latter ship immediately opened fire and was able to fire approximately 13 shells at 600–800 meters (660–870 yd) range before von Arnim was
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able to fire seven torpedoes. Only two struck the Norwegian ship, but they detonated one or more of the ship's magazines and she immediately capsized and sank. None of the Norwegian shells hit either of the two German destroyers due to the darkness and falling snow, despite the short range. Von Arnim lowered boats to rescue the surviving Norwegian sailors and was able to
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pick up 96 men together with boats from the merchantmen in harbor. Von Arnim and Thiele were the first to refuel from the single tanker that had made it safely to Narvik and later moved to the Ballangenfjord, a southern arm of the Ofotfjord, closer to the entrance. Shortly before dawn on 10 April, the five destroyers of the British 2nd Destroyer Flotilla surprised
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the five German destroyers in Narvik harbor. They torpedoed two destroyers and badly damaged the other three while suffering only minor damage themselves. As they were beginning to withdraw they encountered the three destroyers of the 4th Flotilla which had been alerted in the Herjansfjord when the British began their attack. The Germans opened fire first, but the gunnery for both sides was not
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effective due to the mist and the smoke screen laid by the British as they retreated down the Ofotfjord. The German ships had to turn away to avoid a salvo of three torpedoes fired by one of the destroyers in Narvik, but von Arnim and Thiele had also been alerted and were coming up to engage the British. The two German destroyers crossed the
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T of the British flotilla and were able to fire full broadsides at a range of only 4,000 meters (13,000 ft). They first engaged the British flagship, HMS Hardy, and badly damaged her. Both of her forward guns were knocked out and the forward superstructure was set afire. Hardy was forced to beach herself lest she sink, and the German ships switched their fire
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