Editing HMS Devonshire (39) (section)

====Norwegian campaign====
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The [[Admiralty (United Kingdom)|Admiralty]] ordered that the troops, but not their equipment, be unloaded from the cruisers on the evening of the 8th, and that the cruisers were to search forthwith for the German ships known to be at sea. This was later cancelled and the squadron was ordered to rendezvous with the main body of the Home Fleet. Later that day, German bombers attacked the British ships and ''Devonshire'' suffered a near-miss. On the 11th, the squadron was detached on an unsuccessful search for German ships in the area around Trondheim and rejoined the fleet two days later.<ref>Haarr 2009, pp. 106–107, 287–289</ref> Cunningham's ships were then detached to [[Tromsø]] where he conducted negotiations with local officials to refuel there and to bring Norwegian troops west from [[Kirkenes]]. The squadron arrived there on the afternoon of the 15th and escorted Norwegian troopships back to Tromsø. ''Devonshire'' covered the evacuation of British and French troops [[Namsos Campaign|from Namsos]] at the beginning of May and was nearly hit when the evacuation forces were attacked by German aircraft as they were withdrawing on 3 May.<ref>Haarr 2010, pp. 169–174, 211–212</ref>

''Devonshire'' evacuated [[Haakon VII of Norway|King Haakon VII]], [[Olav V of Norway|Crown Prince Olav]], and Norwegian government officials, including the [[Prime Minister of Norway|Prime Minister]], [[Johan Nygaardsvold]], from Tromsø on 7 June. On board were 461 passengers. The ship passed within {{convert|50|mi}} of the action in which the [[aircraft carrier]] {{HMS|Glorious||2}} and two destroyers were sunk by ''Scharnhorst'' and ''Gneisenau''. Although an enemy sighting report had been received in ''Devonshire'', Cunningham's orders were to get Haakon VII to safety, and the cruiser sped up and continued on her course.<ref>Haarr 2010, pp. 312–313, 346–348</ref>