"furious", ordered to remain behind after the bulk of the home fleet departed on 15 april, departed the narvik area on 14 april, escorted by three destroyers, to refuel at tromsø. en route, her swordfish attacked junkers ju 52 transports that had landed on frozen lake hartvikvatnet approximately northeast of narvik. two of the ju 52s were destroyed and several others damaged. she reached the port on 16 april with only 27% of her fuel remaining. she stayed there until 18 april when she headed south to scout the narvik area. she was attacked en route by a single heinkel he 111 bomber of the ii./kg 26 wing from very high altitude. two large bombs narrowly missed the ship, the closest only off the port side aft. the shock shook her propeller shafts out of alignment and jarred the port inner high-pressure turbine so she was limited to . "furious" remained off the coast of norway despite the damage and attempted to fly off aircraft on 22 april, despite severe weather, to discourage german aircraft from delivering supplies to the german forces in narvik. one aircraft was shot down by the germans and the others returned reporting heavy snowstorms between the ship and narvik. the weather worsened the next day and captain troubridge decided to head to harstad to check the damage from the near miss. it proved worse than anticipated and he was ordered back to the united kingdom. only six of the nine remaining swordfish were serviceable.