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May 6th, 1940
UNITED KINGDOM: The Norwegian gold reserve, worth £33 million, arrives safely.
HMS Glorious is anchored at Greenock taking on provisions, ordnance, stores and supplies. HMS Furious remains in dockyard hands.
Mark Horan adds: At 1651, HMS Ark Royal, now in position 69.00N, 11.50 W, flies off a Walrus carrying Staff Officer Operations to Harstad to confer of the impending operations. These are immediately followed by two sections of Skuas (six aircraft) to fly fighter patrols over Harstad. At 2145, three Swordfish were dispatched to attack a surfaced U-boat that had been reported by the returning Skuas, but it was not sighted.
Minesweeping trawler HMS Ash commissioned.
Corvette HMS Calendula commissioned.
Minesweeping trawler HMS Loch Naver sank after collision off Hartlepool. (Dave Shirlaw)
CANADA: Patrol vessels (ex-yachts) HMCS Ambler and Beaver commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)
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Day 249 May 6, 1940
At Narvik, the Allies tighten the noose around General Dietl’s Regiment. South Wales Borderers (part of British 24th Brigade) are in position 5 miles West of Narvik, while French Chasseurs Alpins and Colonial artillery troops continue to press their attack on Labergdal Pass to the North, across the fjord. Both are held by German perimeter forces. However, Germans bomb Allied ships near Narvik. British cruiser HMS Enterprise is slightly damaged by a near miss (1 Marine killed).
German 2nd Gebirgsjäger Division continues their slow march North from Trondheim to reinforce Dietl’s Regiment.
At 2.00 PM, British submarine HMS Sealion attacks German transports Moltkefels and Neidenfels in the Skagerrak. Sealion fires 6 torpedoes, claiming three hits. But all torpedoes miss the targets and the transports are not damaged.
At 3.25 PM 30 miles East of Denmark, British submarine HMS Snapper fires 2 torpedoes at German armed merchant cruiser Widder but both miss.