These include 10 large destroyers. Shortly after she is sunk by the same U-boat. She was damaged earlier by shore batteries in the landings. This is the first major warship sunk by air attack. By the 13th, the first British troop convoys have left the Scottish Clyde for Narvik, but some ships are diverted to Namsos.
German forces are well-established in the south and centre of Norway and have control of the air.
In the north, British troops occupy Harstad in preparation for an attack on Narvik. Royal Marines lead British and French troops into Namsos ready for an attack south towards Trondheim. The British go ashore in the Andalsnes area to try to hold central Norway with the Norwegian Army. Neither of these operations prove possible and on the 27th April the decision is taken to pull out of central Norway. 27th - Allied plans to attack towards Trondheim and hold central Norway prove impossible.