 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ngarava yakasimukazve kubva kuBrunsbüttel musi wa30 Mbudzi. Yakanga yaonekwa ikoko neRoyal Air Force ndege yokuongorora zuva rakanga rapfuura, asi vaBritain vakakundikana kunzwisisa kuti kuvapo kwayo pachiteshi chaireva kuti yakanga yava kuda kufamba nechikepe. Admiral Hipper akaperekedzwa nezvikepe zvina zvinokanda zvombo zvinokanda zvombo nokuda kwechikamu chokutanga chorwendo rwacho. Akaita refueling kubva kune imwe tangi pane fjord pedyo neBergen muNorway musi wa1 Zvita asati aenderera kuchamhembe. Meisel aida nguva yemamiriro okunze akaipa kuti abatsire kuvanza ngarava yake kubva kumapurisa eBritain paanenge achipfuura neIceland yakagarwa neAllied, uye akashanda kumaodzanyemba kwechitsuwa cheJan Mayan kwemazuva anoverengeka akatevera. Munguva iyi, cruiser refueled kubva tanker Adria musi 2, 3 uye 5 December. Pashure pokunge mamiriro okunze akaipa, Admiral Hipper akapfuura nomuDenmark Strait iyo yakaparadzanisa Greenland neIceland usiku hwaDecember 67. Haana kuonekwa nevaBritish. 