in june "hans lody" was tasked to escort the battleships and , as well as the heavy cruiser , in operation juno, a planned attack on harstad, norway, to relieve pressure on the german garrison at narvik. the ships sortied on 8 june and sank the troop transport , the oil tanker and the minesweeping trawler en route, "hans lody" delivering the coup de grâce on the first two of these. the german commander, admiral wilhelm marschall, then ordered the "admiral hipper" and all four destroyers to trondheim because of the heavy weather, where they arrived in the morning of 9 june. the two battleships continued the sortie and sank the aircraft carrier and her two escorting destroyers, although "scharnhorst" was badly damaged by a torpedo from the destroyer in the engagement. the battleship was escorted home by "hans lody" and her sisters "steinbrinck" and for repairs. the destroyer was lightly damaged during an air raid on 13 june, but was back in service a week later. she returned to norway in time to screen the crippled "gneisenau" as she returned to kiel on 25 july, suffering a minor collision with the battleship en route.