One Norwegian captain attempted to negotiate while German guns and torpedoes were already trained on his ship. The second coastal-defence ship came out separately in thick fog and had not even heard the first ship's destruction. Courage could not compensate for limited gunnery practice, weak radios, and a fleet that was not ready for war. Smaller gunboats and the two larger ships were too dispersed to give one another timely warning or support. The sequence shows how peacetime command arrangements can collapse when an enemy arrives already prepared to fight.
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Fog, communications, and Narvik's collapse
Fog, dispersed ships, weak communications, and poor readiness prevented Norway's coastal defenders from forming a coordinated response at Narvik.