One of the two British warships that went down in the famous Battle of Narvik during World War II was honored by more over 1,000 British, Norwegian and Dutch military officials this weekend.

Major General Garry Robison of the Royal Navy reported that ships floated a wreath over the remains of HMS Hunter, the World War II destroyer that went down with 110 men on board in a battle with Nazi forces, during commemorative service held in Norway.

The 2,100-ton destroyer went down on April 10, 1940, as the Royal Navy tried to keep German forces from overrunning the strategic Norwegian port in the opening stages of World War II.

Early this month, a Norwegian mine hunter participating in exercises with the British navy, a picked up on the presence of a submerged vessel off the coast with its sonar.

A remotely operated submersible was then sent to investigate and later concluded that the sunken ship was the HMS Hunter, one of two British vessels lost during the first Battle of Narvik. Another ship, the HMS Hardy, was also sunk.

Germany lost four vessels in the battle.