German heavy cruisers Admiral Hipper and Prinz Eugen lying apparently in Norwegian waters according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 30 March 1942

Admiral Hipper. Drawing by G.J. Frans Naerebout, in Op de lange deining

An item reported that the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper (1) the summary of 29 March reported as going to the eastward of Trondheim, Norway was berthed in the Trondheimfjord just like the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen as was believed.(1

Notes

1. Laid down by Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany on 6 July 1935, launched on 6 February 1937, commissioned on 29 April 1939, scuttled at Kiel, Germany being heavy damaged during a British air attack on 3 May 1945, finally salvaged in July 1945 and broken up between 1948-1952. Of the Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers, preceded by the Deutschland-class heavy cruisers also known as pocket-battleships.  

2. Laid down by Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany on 23 April 1936, launched on 22 August 1938m,commissioned on 1 August 1940, decommissioned on 7 May 1945. surrendered to the British Royal Navy on 8 May 1945, handed over to the USA on 13 December 1945, commissioned on 5 January 1946, decommisisoned on 29 August 1946, hull number IX-300 used in the Operations Crossroads nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll, towed to the Kwajalein Atoll and sunk here on 22 December 1946. Of the Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers, preceded by the Deutschland-class heavy cruisers also known as pocket-battleships.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 110 dated 30 March 1942.