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The bow is damaged from ramming the German torpedo boat <i>Albatros</i>.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>8 April 1940</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Oslofjord" title="Oslofjord">Oslofjord</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a></div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> German victory</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" 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campaign</span></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung" title="Operation Weserübung"><i>Weserübung</i></a></b></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oslofjord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Egersund" title="Capture of Egersund">Egersund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dr%C3%B8bak_Sound" title="Battle of Drøbak Sound">Drøbak Sound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fornebu" title="Battle of Fornebu">Fornebu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kristiansand_(1940)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Kristiansand (1940)">Kristiansand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Horten_Harbour" title="Battle of Horten Harbour">Horten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_off_Lofoten" title="Action off Lofoten">Lofoten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Arendal" title="Capture of Arendal">Arendal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Narvik" title="Battles of Narvik">Narvik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midtskogen" title="Battle of Midtskogen">Midtskogen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Domb%C3%A5s" title="Battle of Dombås">Dombås</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namsos_campaign" title="Namsos campaign">Namsos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%85ndalsnes_landings" title="Åndalsnes landings">Åndalsnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Kvam" title="Battle for Kvam">Kvam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hegra_Fortress" title="Battle of Hegra Fortress">Hegra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gratangen" title="Battle of Gratangen">Gratangen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_H%C3%B8ljarast_Bridge" title="Battle of Høljarast Bridge">Høljarast Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vinjesvingen" title="Battle of Vinjesvingen">Vinjesvingen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Actions_in_Nordland" title="Actions in Nordland">Nordland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Alphabet" title="Operation Alphabet"><i>Alphabet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Juno" title="Operation Juno"><i>Juno</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>Action in the Oslofjord</b> occurred late on 8 April 1940 in World War II. As <i><a href="/wiki/Kampfgruppe" title="Kampfgruppe">Kampfgruppe</a></i> 5 of the German invasion force proceeded towards <a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a>, it encountered Norwegian defences in the <a href="/wiki/Oslofjord" title="Oslofjord">Oslofjord</a>. During a short exchange that resulted in the first Norwegian casualty of the war, the Germans managed to push through down to <a href="/wiki/Dr%C3%B8bak_Sound" title="Drøbak Sound">Drøbak Sound</a>, where they would face <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dr%C3%B8bak_Sound" title="Battle of Drøbak Sound">more determined resistance</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prelude">Prelude</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action_in_the_Oslofjord&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Prelude"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rau%C3%B8y_fort,_utsikt_s%C3%B8r-%C3%B8stover_fra_ekstysk_observasjonsbunker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Rau%C3%B8y_fort%2C_utsikt_s%C3%B8r-%C3%B8stover_fra_ekstysk_observasjonsbunker.jpg/220px-Rau%C3%B8y_fort%2C_utsikt_s%C3%B8r-%C3%B8stover_fra_ekstysk_observasjonsbunker.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Rau%C3%B8y_fort%2C_utsikt_s%C3%B8r-%C3%B8stover_fra_ekstysk_observasjonsbunker.jpg/330px-Rau%C3%B8y_fort%2C_utsikt_s%C3%B8r-%C3%B8stover_fra_ekstysk_observasjonsbunker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Rau%C3%B8y_fort%2C_utsikt_s%C3%B8r-%C3%B8stover_fra_ekstysk_observasjonsbunker.jpg/440px-Rau%C3%B8y_fort%2C_utsikt_s%C3%B8r-%C3%B8stover_fra_ekstysk_observasjonsbunker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="854" /></a><figcaption>A portion of Rauøy fort, part of the greater Oslofjord Fortress, overlooking the fjord</figcaption></figure> <p>In order to invade <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>, the Germans divided their naval forces into six groups. The fifth of these, "<i><a href="/wiki/Kampfgruppe" title="Kampfgruppe">Kampfgruppe</a></i> 5," was to pass through the <a href="/wiki/Oslofjord" title="Oslofjord">Oslofjord</a> and land troops in <a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a>. The group consisted of the <a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">heavy cruisers</a> <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher" title="German cruiser Blücher"><i>Blücher</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Deutschland" title="German cruiser Deutschland"><i>Lützow</i></a>, the <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Emden" title="German cruiser Emden"><i>Emden</i></a>, the <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">torpedo boats</a> <a href="/wiki/German_torpedo_boat_M%C3%B6we" title="German torpedo boat Möwe"><i>Möwe</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_torpedo_boat_Kondor" title="German torpedo boat Kondor"><i>Kondor</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/German_torpedo_boat_Albatros" title="German torpedo boat Albatros"><i>Albatros</i></a> and eight <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">minesweepers</a>. The ships were under orders not to open fire unless fired upon. </p><p>The outer parts of the fjord were guarded by the Oslofjord Fortress, established in 1914, made up of smaller forts at <a href="/wiki/Bol%C3%A6rne" title="Bolærne">Bolærne</a> and Rauøy. </p><p>Of the 11 guard ships operating out of <a href="/wiki/T%C3%B8nsberg" title="Tønsberg">Tønsberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Pol_III" title="HNoMS Pol III">HNoMS <i>Pol III</i></a> would be tasked with patrolling the <a href="/wiki/Oslofjord" title="Oslofjord">Oslofjord</a> on the night of 8 April.<sup id="cite_ref-OP_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Requisitioned by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Navy" title="Royal Norwegian Navy">Norwegian Navy</a> in 1939, <i>Pol III</i> was armed with a 76 mm (3 in) gun and two machine guns. The ship had a crew of 15, including its commander Captain <a href="/wiki/Leif_Welding-Olsen" title="Leif Welding-Olsen">Leif Welding-Olsen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GOLD_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOLD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Action">Action</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action_in_the_Oslofjord&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Action"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shortly after 23:00 on 8 April, Lieutenant Hans Bergan of <i>Pol III</i> spotted the anonymous invasion force at the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Oslofjord" title="Oslofjord">Oslofjord</a>. The patrol boat fired a warning shot, and closed with the German torpedo boat <i>Albatros</i>. Admiral <a href="/wiki/Oskar_Kummetz" title="Oskar Kummetz">Oskar Kummetz</a>, having seen the patrol boat to his ships' port sides, ordered <i>Albatros</i> to intercept it.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Captain Leif Welding-Olsen of <i>Pol III</i> had a short conversation with the commander of the German boat, <i>Kapitanleutnänt</i> <a href="/wiki/Siegfried_Strelow" class="mw-redirect" title="Siegfried Strelow">Siegfried Strelow</a>, who demanded his surrender, to which he refused. Realizing that Norwegian <a href="/wiki/Policy_of_neutrality" class="mw-redirect" title="Policy of neutrality">neutrality</a> was going to be violated, Olsen radioed a warning to <a href="/wiki/Karljohansvern" title="Karljohansvern">Horten Naval Base</a>: "Alien ships incoming at high speed,"<sup id="cite_ref-GOLD_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOLD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> fired flares for their <a href="/wiki/Coastal_artillery" title="Coastal artillery">coastal artillery</a> (one white, two red,<sup id="cite_ref-OP_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FM_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FM-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> meaning <i>"Enemy ships are forcing the line."</i><sup id="cite_ref-GOLD_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GOLD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), then ordered <i>Pol III</i> to ram <i>Albatros</i>. </p><p>Having just been rammed and seeing the guns manned on the patrol boat, Strelow ordered his ship's anti-aircraft batteries to open fire on the Norwegian ship. Captain Olsen was struck in the leg by machine gun fire and the ship was set ablaze.<sup id="cite_ref-NHF_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NHF-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The order was given to abandon ship. The lifeboat was lowered into the water but overturned, so the crew was forced to cling to its sides. Weakened by blood loss, Olsen let go and drowned, becoming the first Norwegian casualty of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-OP_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The surviving 14 crew were picked up by the invasion force and held captive. </p><p>At 23:30, <i>Kampfgruppe</i> 5 was spotted by Rauøy fort's searchlight. The southern battery of the fort fired two warning shots. At 23:32, Bolærne fort fired a single warning shot. At 23:35, Rauøy fort targeted the cruiser <i>Blücher</i> and fired four live rounds, but missed due to poor visibility.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly thereafter the ships disappeared from view in the mist, and contact was lost. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action_in_the_Oslofjord&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Damaged_Pol_III.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Damaged_Pol_III.jpg/220px-Damaged_Pol_III.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Damaged_Pol_III.jpg/330px-Damaged_Pol_III.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Damaged_Pol_III.jpg/440px-Damaged_Pol_III.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="486" /></a><figcaption>Fire and battle damage inflicted on <i>Pol III</i></figcaption></figure> <p>The Germans proceeded down the <a href="/wiki/Fjord" title="Fjord">fjord</a> towards Oslo. Rauøy forwarded Captain Oslen's original warning down to <a href="/wiki/Oscarsborg_Fortress" title="Oscarsborg Fortress">Oscarsborg Fortress</a>, which was able to halt the Germans in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dr%C3%B8bak_Sound" title="Battle of Drøbak Sound">Battle of Drøbak Sound</a>, sinking <i>Blücher</i> and severely damaging <i>Lützow</i>. Minesweepers and two torpedo boats detached from the main force would land troops in the area the next morning, and the Norwegians would withdraw from their forts over the next few days. Torpedo boat <i>Albatros</i> ran on shore and sank on 10 April west of Fredrikstad. </p><p>Following Oscarsborg's capitulation, the remainder of <i>Kampfgruppe</i> 5 would land in Oslo on 10 April. After signing an oath of non-belligerence, the captive Norwegians were released and allowed to return home.<sup id="cite_ref-OP_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>HNoMS <i>Pol III</i> was left burning and adrift overnight. It rained and the fire burnt out on its own. The next morning the ship was discovered by the Norwegian patrol boat <i>Skudd 2</i>, and towed to <a href="/wiki/T%C3%B8nsberg" title="Tønsberg">Tønsberg</a>, where it would be captured by the Germans.<sup id="cite_ref-NHF_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NHF-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action_in_the_Oslofjord&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-OP-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-OP_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OP_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OP_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-OP_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHansen2015" class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Hansen, Svend E. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 February</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=%C3%98stlands-Posten&rft.atitle=Larvik-hvalb%C3%A5t+f%C3%B8rst+i+kamp+for+Norge&rft.date=2015-04-08&rft.aulast=Hansen&rft.aufirst=Svend+E.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.op.no%2FLarvik_hvalb_t_f_rst_i_kamp_for_Norge-5-36-52975.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAction+in+the+Oslofjord" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GOLD-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GOLD_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GOLD_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GOLD_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pearson, Robert <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=G29hCgAAQBAJ&dq=horten+naval+base+invasion+of+norway&pg=PA22">Gold Run: The Rescue of Norway's Gold Bullion from the Nazis, 1940</a> p. 22</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKoopSchmolke2014" class="citation cs2">Koop, Gerhard; Schmolke, Klaus-Peter (2014), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ktxDBgAAQBAJ"><i>Heavy Cruisers of the Admiral Hipper Class</i></a>, Warships of the Kriegsmarine, Seaforth Publishing, p. 105, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781848321953" title="Special:BookSources/9781848321953"><bdi>9781848321953</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Heavy+Cruisers+of+the+Admiral+Hipper+Class&rft.series=Warships+of+the+Kriegsmarine&rft.pages=105&rft.pub=Seaforth+Publishing&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=9781848321953&rft.aulast=Koop&rft.aufirst=Gerhard&rft.au=Schmolke%2C+Klaus-Peter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DktxDBgAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAction+in+the+Oslofjord" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FM-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FM_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Forsvarets museer. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.forsvaretsmuseer.no/Aktuelt/Da-Pol-III-moette-overmakten-8.april-1940">Da Pol III møtte overmakten 8.april 1940</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190108045748/http://www.forsvaretsmuseer.no/Aktuelt/Da-Pol-III-moette-overmakten-8.april-1940">Archived</a> 2019-01-08 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (in Norwegian)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NHF-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NHF_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NHF_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsp.html"><i>D/S Pol III</i> (Norwegian Homefleet - WW II)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCommager2004" class="citation book cs1">Commager, Henry Steele (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JqAQLIc2t1kC&dq=battle+horten+minesweeper&pg=PA28"><i>The Story of the Second World War</i></a> (reprint ed.). 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