 "Storm" was directed to the scene, and took the lifeboats under tow to Sund near Bergen.When the Germans invaded Norway on 9 April 1940, "Storm" was patrolling near Buarøy off Bergen under the command of Lieutenant Thorleif Pettersen.This made "Storm" the only Norwegian torpedo boat to be ready for action at the time of the German attack; all the 16 other torpedo boats were either in port, in transit or undergoing repairs.