Operation Zarin

Unternehmen Zarin (Operation Tsarina)
Part of Arctic naval operations of the Second World War
Admiral Hipper, Norway, 1942
Date 24–28 September 1942 Location Arctic Ocean 68°58′N 33°05′E / 68.967°N 33.083°E / 68.967; 33.083 Result Indecisive
Strength
1 Heavy cruiser 4 Destroyers

Operation Zarin ( English: Tsarina [Unternehmen Zarin]) was a German minelaying operation off the north-western coast of the islands of Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Ocean. The operation was conducted between 24 September and 28 September 1942 by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper escorted by the destroyers Z23, Z28, Z29 and Z30, because the British had sunk the specialist minelayer Ulm [de] on 25 August. The mines laid during the operation had little effect.