Involved German ships of the Weser Exercise company

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This is an overview of all vessels on the part of the German Navy on operation weserübung were involved.

Warship groups

Norway

Warship Group 1 Narvik

Ship type Ship name destination Whereabouts
destroyer Z 21 Wilhelm Heidkamp Narvik 04/10/1940 sunk
destroyer Z 9 Wolfgang Zenker 04/13/1940 sunk himself
destroyer Z 11 Bernd von Arnim 04/13/1940 sunk himself
destroyer Z 22 Anton Schmitt 04/10/1940 sunk
destroyer Z 18 Hans Lüdemann 04/13/1940 sunk himself
destroyer Z 12 Erich Giese 04/13/1940 sunk
destroyer Z 13 Erich Koellner 04/13/1940 sunk
destroyer Z 17 Diether von Roeder 04/13/1940 sunk himself
destroyer Z 2 Georg Thiele 04/13/1940 sunk himself
destroyer Z 19 Hermann Künne 04/13/1940 sunk himself

Warship Group 2 Trondheim

Ship type Ship name destination Whereabouts
Heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper Trondheim Blown up at the end of the war
destroyer Z 5 Paul Jacobi to France in 1946
destroyer Z 6 Theodor Riedel to France in 1946
destroyer Z 8 Bruno Heinemann 01/25/1943 sunk by mine
destroyer Z 16 Friedrich Eckoldt Sunk 31.12.1942

Warship Group 3 Bergen and Stavanger

Ship type Ship name destination Whereabouts
Light cruiser Cologne Mountains March 31, 1945 aground in Wilhelmshaven
Light cruiser Koenigsberg Sunk on April 10th, 1940
Artillery training ship brake Sunk on 6 September 1941
Torpedo boat leopard 04/30/1940 sunk after a collision
Torpedo boat wolf April 8, 1941 sank after a mine hit off Dover
Speedboat escort Carl Peters May 10, 1945 sunk by a mine hit
Speedboat S 19 Collision with S 21 / badly damaged
Speedboat S 21 06/21/1940 sunk near Boulogne after being hit by a mine
Speedboat P. 22
Speedboat S 23
Speedboat P. 24
Auxiliary ship (FD) Ship 9 Koblenz By the Norwegian minelayer 04.11.1940 Tyr sunk
Auxiliary ship (FD) Ship 18 Alteland November 19, 1942 sunk on mine lock near Kirkenes

Warship Group 4 Kristiansand

Ship type Ship name destination Whereabouts
Light cruiser Karlsruhe Kristiansand 9.04.1940 sunk himself
Torpedo boat lynx July 26, 1940 sunk by British submarine Thames on the way Trondheim to Kiel
Torpedo boat Gripping Arendal May 23, 1944 sunk by bombs
Torpedo boat White-tailed eagle Kristiansand May 13th, 1942 sunk by torpedo
Speedboat escort Tsingtau to Great Britain 1945
Speedboat S 7
Speedboat S 8
Speedboat S 17
Speedboat P. 30
Speedboat P. 31 May 10, 1942 sunk off Malta after being hit by a mine
Speedboat P 32 06/21/1940 sunk in the English Channel after being hit by a mine
Speedboat P. 33 16.01.1945 sunk by British MTB

Warship Group 5 Oslo

Ship type Ship name destination Whereabouts
Heavy cruiser Blucher Oslo Sunk on April 9, 1940
Heavy cruiser Lützow May 4, 1945 destroyed
Light cruiser Emden April 9, 1945 severely damaged by a bomb
Torpedo boat Albatross 04/10/1940 sunk
Torpedo boat condor Destroyed July 31, 1944
Torpedo boat gull June 15, 1944 sunk in Le Havre by bomb hit
1st clearing boat flotilla R 17 - R 24 R 17 sunk on April 9, 1940
Whaling ship Rough 7
Whaling ship Rough 8

Warship Group 6 Egersund

Ship type Ship name destination Whereabouts
Minesweeper M 1 Egersund
Minesweeper M 2 11.03.1945 sunk in Fedjefjord on
Minesweeper M 9
Minesweeper M 13

Denmark

Warship Group 7 Nyborg / Korsör

Ship type Ship name destination Whereabouts
Ship of the line Schleswig-Holstein Nyborg , Korsör 21.03.1945 blown up in Gotenhafen
Test boat Claus von Bevern
Test boat nautilus
Test boat pelican
Transporter Campinas May 10, 1940 sank near Copenhagen after being hit by a mine
Transporter Cordoba After a mine at 09/11/1940 Le Havre dropped
2 tugs Hair dryer , typhoon
6 fish steamer of the BSO school flotilla Hugin , Hagen , Hildebrand , Munin , Odin , Volker

Warship Group 8 Copenhagen

Ship type Ship name destination Whereabouts
Mine ship Hanseatic city of Gdansk Copenhagen 9.07.1941 sunk by mine
Icebreaker Szczecin
13. Outpost Flotilla

Warship Group 9 Middelfart

Ship type Ship name destination Whereabouts
Transporter Rugard Middelfart , Belt Bridge
Minesweeper M 157
Minesweeper / test boat Otto Braun
Minesweeper / test boat Arkona Sank on May 21, 1944 northwest of Fehmarn after being hit by a mine
Clearing boat R 6 self-sunk in the mouth of the Tagliamento / Italy in 1945
Clearing boat R 7 Sunk in Salerno in 1943
Outpost boat V 102
Outpost boat V 103
Submarine hunter UJ 172
Naval tug Passat
Naval tug monsoon

Warship Group 10 Esbjerg

Ship type Ship name destination Whereabouts
Minesweeper M 4 Esbjerg , Nordby
Minesweeper M 20 Sunk in Narwabucht by Russian planes
Minesweeper M 84 Sunk in Le Havre in 1944
Minesweeper M 102
Clearing boats 2nd clearing boat flotilla
2 fish steamers

Warship group 11 Limfjord

Ship type Ship name destination Whereabouts
Minesweeper M 61 Thyborøn by the Limfjord n. Hook of Holland, mine barrier
Minesweeper M 89 n. Hook of Holland, mine barrier
Minesweeper M 110
Minesweeper M 111
Minesweeper M 134
Minesweeper M 136 n. Hook of Holland, mine barrier
Escort ship From the Groeben Sunk June 15, 1944 by British aerial bombs in Boulogne
Clearing boat R 33 sunk in Yalta, Russian air raid
Clearing boat R 34 sunk by planes near Milos, Aegean Sea
Clearing boat R 35 self-submerged in Varna, Bulgaria
Clearing boat R 36
Clearing boat R 37 self-submerged in Varna, Bulgaria
Clearing boat R 38 after a mine hit b. Paros sunk in the Aegean Sea
Clearing boat R 39 Sunk by aerial bombs in Ercole harbor
Clearing boat R 40

Submarine groups

Submarine group Ship name destination Whereabouts
1 U 25 , U 46 , U 51 , U 64 , U 65 Westfjord U 25 b. Terschelling sunk by British mine barrier; U 46 sunk in 1945 in the Kupfermühlenbucht ; U 51 sunk by British submarine Cachalot in the Bay of Biscay, U 65 on convoy HX 121 by British Gladiolus
2 U 30 , U 34 Trondheim U 30 sunk in 1945 in the Flensburg Fjord; U 34 sunk in collision with Tender Lech near Memel
3 U 9 , U 14 , U 56 , U 60 , U 62 Mountains U 9 ​​in Konstanza in 1944 by Russian air raid; U 14 and U 60 sunk in 1945 in WHV, U 56 sunk in Kiel in 1945 by an aerial bomb
4th U 1 , U 4 Stavanger U 4 sunk in Gotenhafen in 1945
5 U 47 , U 48 , U 49 , U 50 , U 52 east Shetland U 47 on March 8, 1941 on convoy OB 293 by its own torpedo circulator; U 48 and U 52 self-sunk in 1945
6th U 13 , U 19 , U 57 , U 58 , U 59 Pentland Firth U 13 sunk by British Weston on convoy FN 184; U 19 sunk on the Turkish coast in 1944; U 57, U 58 and U 59 self-sunk in Kiel in 1945.
8th U 2 , U 3 , U 5 , U 6 Lindesnes
9 U 7 , U 10 Shetland- Orkney

U 4 sank the British submarine HMS Thistle on April 10, 1940 , U 13 sank 2 transporters with 9857 GRT , U 59 one ship with 2118 GRT, U 37 three ships with 18715 GRT.

The German Navy lost the following submarines: U 1 and U 50 , which were dropped into the minefield Field No. 1 laid out by the British destroyers HMS Express , HMS Esk , HMS Icarus and HMS Ivanhoe . 7 got. U 64 was sunk on April 13, 1940 by an aircraft of the battleship HMS Warspite off Narvik, U 49 on April 15, 1940 by the destroyer HMS Fearless off the Vågsfjord , documents and a naval square map were captured.

Maritime transport groups

Tanker squadron

Ship type Ship name GRT destination Whereabouts Remarks
Tanker Skagerrak 6044 Oslo 04/14/1940 self-immersion in front of HMS Suffolk
Tanker Kattegat 6031 Narvik aground in front of Bodø, usable stationary Coast Guard Ship Nordkapp (N)
Tanker Jan Wellem 11766 Narvik
Tanker Moonsund 322 Trondheim 04/12/1940 sunk in the Skagerrak HMS Snapper
Tanker Euroland 860 Oslo Sunk in Bergen in 1944 by sabotage
Tanker senator 845 Oslo
Tanker Belt 322 Mountains stayed in Oslo 1945 in Brunsbüttel
Tanker Stedingen 8036 Stavanger sunk HMS Trident
Tanker Dollard 535 Stavanger 1945 in Cuxhaven

Export scale

Ship type Ship name GRT destination Whereabouts Remarks
freighter Bear Rock 7569 Narvik 04/14 restored by Blackburn Skua sunk in Bergen
10.41, 		04/14/1944 sunk again in Bergen
freighter Rauenfels 8460 Narvik 04/10/1940 beached in Ofotfjord and then sunk HMS Havock
freighter Alster 8514 Narvik Applied in Vestford on April 11, 1940 HMS Icarus
freighter Florida 6148 probably 3rd season 04/14/1940 sunk off Skagen HMS Snapper
freighter Sao Paulo 4997 Trondheim 04/10/1940 ran on mine barrier in front of Bergen Mine Layers Tyr (N)
freighter Levant 4769 Trondheim only ship to reach the destination 1945 in Oslo
freighter Main 7624 Trondheim April 9, 1940 sunk near Haugesund Torpedo boat Draug (N)
freighter Roda 6780 Stavanger April 9, 1940 sunk off Stavanger Destroyer Aegir (N)

1. Sea transport relay

Ship type Ship name GRT destination Whereabouts Remarks
freighter Ionia 3102 Oslo 04/11/1940 sunk in front of the Oslofjord HMS Triad
freighter Neidenfels 7838 Oslo 1945 Eckernförde to USSR
freighter Antares 2593 Oslo 04/10/40 torpedoed in Skagerrak a. decreased HMS Sunfish
freighter Muansa 5408 Oslo 1943 sunk in the Kongsfjord Submarine L-20 (SU)
freighter Itauri 6838 Oslo 1944 b. Bodø sunk british planes
freighter Wiegand 5900 Kristiansand
freighter West Lake 5900 Kristiansand sunk v. Petsamo Russian mine barrier
freighter Crete 2359 Kristiansand 1945 on the Schlei extradited to the USSR
freighter August Leonhardt 1593 Kristiansand 04/11/1940 sunk on the march back HMS Sealion
freighter Tübingen 5453 Stavanger Sunk in 1945
freighter Tijuka 5918 Stavanger
freighter Mendoza 5193 Stavanger Sunk twice (Hamburg, Pillau) Air strikes
freighter Marie Leonhardt 2600 Mountains Sunk twice (Hamburg, Maaloy) Air strikes
freighter Curityba 4932 Mountains Sunk in the Varangerfjord in 1942 Submarine
freighter Rio de Janeiro 5261 Mountains April 9, 1940 sunk in front of Lillesand Submarine ORP Orzeł (PL)
freighter Bahia Castillo 8579 Mountains August 1st, 1940 torpedoed HMS Narwhal

2. Sea transport relay

Ship type Ship name GRT destination Whereabouts Remarks
freighter Hanau 5852 Oslo Sunk in 1944 after being hit by a mine Kiel Bay
freighter Wandsbek 2388 Oslo Sunk in Narvik on July 21, 1941,
lifted & repaired in 1943 		1946 to the USSR
freighter Kellerwald 5032 Oslo 1942 sunk after being hit by a mine North Sea
freighter Rosario 6079 Oslo in Hamburg Sunk in 1956
freighter tungsten 3648 Oslo Sunk in 1942
freighter Wigbert 3648 Oslo 04/10/1940 sunk in the Kattegat HMS Triton
freighter Friedenau 5219 Oslo 04/10/1940 sunk in the Kattegat HMS Triton
freighter Hamm 5874 Oslo 19.04.1940 sunk on the march back HMS Seawolf
freighter Tucuman 4621 Oslo Sunk in Kiel in 1945 RAF air raid
freighter Espana 7465 Oslo 1945 Sandefjord extradited to the USSR
freighter Scharhorn 2643 Oslo Badly damaged in Porsgrunn in 1945 RAF air raid

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