 The unit was to participate in a final, climactic attack by the High Seas Fleet.Admirals Scheer and Hipper intended to inflict as much damage as possible on the British navy, in order to secure a better bargaining position for Germany, whatever the cost to the fleet.On the morning of 27 October, days before the operation was scheduled to begin, Karpf ordered "Regensburg"s crew to take on a full load of coal and oil.