al ens ▁Dam ps k ib ss elsk ab ▁( the ▁ 8 7 4 ▁ton ▁SS ▁Kong ▁Ha ak on ▁and ▁H est m anden ) ▁dis emb ark ed ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁inf antry ▁batt alion ▁at ▁S j ø ve gan ▁in ▁T rom s ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁April ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁The ▁remainder ▁of ▁the ▁batt alion ▁was ▁transport ed ▁on ▁the ▁fellow ▁Nord enf j eld ske ▁Dam ps k ib ss elsk ab ▁ste amer ▁Pr ins ▁O lav ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁later . ▁The ▁next ▁day , ▁ 1 7 ▁April , ▁D ron ning ▁Ma ud ▁and ▁Kong ▁Ha ak on ▁were ▁esc orted ▁north wards ▁to ▁S ag f j orden ▁by ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁the ▁off - sh ore ▁pat rol ▁vessel ▁He im dal . ▁ ▁The ▁second ▁tro op ship ▁mission ▁D ron ning ▁Ma ud ▁carried ▁out ▁was ▁the ▁transport ▁of ▁one ▁inf antry ▁company , ▁the ▁batt alion ' s ▁staff , ▁the ▁communic ations ▁pl ato on ▁and ▁one ▁heavy ▁machine ▁gun ▁pl ato on ▁of ▁the ▁Al ta ▁Battalion ▁from ▁Al ta ▁in ▁Finn mark ▁to ▁areas ▁closer ▁to ▁the ▁front ▁line ▁in ▁T rom s . ▁The ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁batt alion ▁was ▁transport ed ▁on ▁the ▁Kong ▁Ha ak on ▁and ▁the ▁ 8 5 8 ▁ton ▁cargo ▁ship ▁Sen ja . ▁The ▁three ▁tro op ships ▁were ▁originally ▁meant ▁to ▁be ▁esc orted ▁by ▁the ▁off - sh ore ▁pat