in arendal there was much tension due to the sinking of the german transport "rio de janeiro" off the nearby port of lillesand that day. "rio de janeiro", a covert troopship en route to bergen with 313 "luftwaffe" personnel and anti-aircraft guns, had been intercepted and torpedoed off lillesand by the polish submarine "orzeł". some of the german survivors told norwegian police officers that they had been on their way to bergen to "help the norwegian government protect the country's neutrality". twelve wounded germans were admitted for treatment at arendal and aust-agder hospital in arendal. the regional newspaper "agderposten", based in arendal, ran an extra edition on the "rio de janeiro" sinking and reports of german fleet movements off southern norway.