Interesting, but surely the aircraft on deck are P-47s?

The left hand picture shows P-51's, but, yes, the right hand shows P-47's.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....9ac777d703.jpg

OT ... I love the miniature bridge/conning tower.

So in future will Norwegian ships need an escort vessel when they enter places like this ?

A Fjord Escort so to speak.

A Fjord Transit would work too.

A little Fjord Focus would not hurt either!!!

Looked more like an unintentional Fjord Connect to me!

Alongside at Håkonsvern naval base.*
At a press conference today, they claim they will have it float into dock in 5-6 weeks time.*

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....b54928f78e.jpg
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If only they had a Fjord Fairlane with no conflicting traffic. Perhaps they could use Fjord Lasers to show the way at night, and a Fjord Ranger to tell the distance from obstructions?
If they hit a foreign ship, they'd need a Fjord Consul too...

Is there some way to squeeze the Vogons and Fjord Prefect in here too?

Norway is an area where a few WW2 German ships got spectacular damage.

Gneisenau:

Gneisenau - Gallery - Operation "Juno"

Prinz Eugen:

prinz eugen damaged stern - Google Search

Lutzow:

lutzow damaged stern - Google Search

All the ships got home and were repaired.

and the Tirpitz .......

as to IX or 617 I know not, and nor do they.

To be fair they probably would have been better off going to the med and tying up along side one of the Islands there like Cortina or Capri or hiding somewhere close to High Sierra mountains rather than making a right Model T of themselves in Norway.