| Sunk | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Type | Cause |
| Blucher | Heavy Cruiser | Torpedo and gunfire by Nonvegian coast defenses, Oslo, April 9 |
| Karlsruhe | Light Cruiser | Torpedoed by submarine Truant in Kattegat, April 9 |
| Konigsberg | Light Cruiser | Bombed by Royal Navy Air Arm, Bergen, April 10 |
| Brummer | Gunnery Training Ship | Torpedoed in Kattegat by submarine, April 15 |
| Wilhelm Heidkamp | Destroyers | Torpedoed. First attack on Narvik. April 10 |
| Anton Schmitt | Destroyers | Destroyed by torpedo or gunfire. Second attack on Narvik. April 13 (five of these were damaged in the first attack on April 10) |
| Hans Ludemann | ||
| Georg Thiele | ||
| Bernd von Arnim | ||
| Wolfgang Zenker | ||
| Erich Geise | ||
| Erich Koellner | ||
| Hermann Kunne | ||
| Dieter von Roeder | ||
| 44, 64, 49, 1, 50, 54, 22, 13 | U-boats | Various. Three off Norway. Five in North Sea |
| Albatross | Torpedo Boat | Wrecked. Oslo, April 9 |
| In addition, three minesweepers, two patrol craft, eleven transports, and four fleet auxiliaries sunk. | ||
| Ships Damaged | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Type | Cause |
| Gneisenau | Battle cruiser | Action with Renown, April 9. Torpedoed by submarine, Clyde, June 20 |
| Scharnhorst | Battle cruiser | Torpedoed by Acasta, June 8 |
| Hipper | Heavy Cruiser | Action with Glowworm, April 8 |
| Lutzow | Pocket Battleship | Action with coastal batteries, Oslo, April 9. Torpedoed by submarine Spearfish, Kattegat April 11 |
| Emden | Light Cruiser | Action with coastal batteries, Oslo, April 9 |
| Bremse | Gunnery Training Ship | Action with coastal batteries, Bergen, April 9 |
| In addition, two transports damaged and one captured. | ||
| Ships out of Action During the Whole Period | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Type | Cause |
| Scheer | Pocket Battleship | Engine repairs |
| Leipzig | Light Cruiser | Torpedo damage repairs |
| German Fleet Available on June 30, 1940 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Effective | Remarks |
| Battle cruisers | Nil | Scharnhorst and Gneisenau damaged |
| Pocket Battleships | Nil | Scheer under repair. Lutzow damaged |
| Heavy Cruiser | Hipper | - |
| Light Cruiser | Koln, Nurnberg | Leipzig and Emden damaged |
| Destroyers | Schoemann, lody, Galster, Inn | Six others under repair |
| Torpedo Boats | Nineteen | Six others under repair. Eight new craft under construction |
| In addition, the two old battleships Schlesien and Schleswig-Holstein were available for coast defense. | ||
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