| 07-09.10.1939: |
Raid to intercept Britain - Scandinavia trade together with battleship Gneisenau
, CL Köln
and destroyers Friedrich Ihn
, Diether von Roeder
, Karl Galster
, Max Schulz
, Paul Jakobi
, Bernd von Arnim
, Erich Steinbrinck
and Friedrich Eckoldt
. No results.
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| 17-18.10.1939: |
Mine laying operations together with the destroyers Karl Galster
, Friedrich Eckold
, Diether von Roeder
, Hans Lüdemann
and Hermann Künne
against the Humber estuary. |
| 12-13.11.1939: |
Mine laying operations together with the destroyers Karl Galster
, Hans Lüdemann
and Hermann Künne
against the Themse estuary. The returning ships are escorted by the light cruisers Nürnberg
and Köln
and the torpedo boats Iltis
, Leopard
, Seeadler
and Wolf
. |
| 17-18.11.1939: |
Mine laying operations together with the destroyers Bernd von Arnim
and Hermann Künne
against the Themse estuary. The returning ships are escorted by the light cruisers Nürnberg
and Köln
and the torpedo boats Iltis
, Leopard
, and Seeadler
. |
| 10-11.01.1940: |
Mine laying operations together with the destroyers Anton Schmitt
, Karl Galster
, Richard Beitzen
, Friedrich Ihn
and Friedrich Eckold
against Newcastle. |
| 09-10.02.1940: |
Together with the destroyers Theodor Riedel
and Hermann Schoemann
, the Wilhlem Heidkamp
supports mine laying operations of the destroyers Friedrich Eckold
, Richard Beitzen
, Max Schultz
, Bruno Heinemann
, Wilhlem Zenker
and Erich Koellner
. |
| 18-20.02.1940: |
Wilhlem Heidkamp
and Karl Galster
escort the battleships Scharnhorst
and Gneisenau
and the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper
during an operation against the Shetland narrow. |
| 07.04.1940: |
Operation Weserübung: Wilhlem Heidkamp
joins the destroyers Georg Thiele
, Wolfgang Zenker
, Anton Schmitt
, Erich Giese
, Bernd von Arnim
, Diether von Roeder
, Erich Koellner
, Hermann Künne
and Hans Lüdemann
in the Narvik Attack Group. |
| 09.04.1940: |
Operation Weserübung. Together with Bernd von Arnim
the Wilhlem Heidkamp
sinks the Norwegian coast defence ships Norge
and Eidsvold
with torpedo hits at Narvik. |
| 13.04.1940: |
Operation Weserübung: The destroyer is sunk by British destroyers at Narvik by artillery and torpedo hits. |
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