The German armoured cruisers and entered Arriving the port of Papeete on the island of Tahiti and sank Removing the French gunboat and freighter `` Walküre '' before bombarding Attack the town 's fortifications .

French shore batteries and a gunboat resisted Defending the German intrusion but were greatly outgunned .

The German vessels were largely undamaged Damaging but the French lost Earnings_and_losses their gunboat .

There is only one confirmed death Death during the Cod Wars : an Icelandic engineer , who was accidentally killed Killing in the Second Cod War Hostile_encounter while he was repairing Self_motion damage on the Icelandic gunboat `` Ægir '' after a collision Hostile_encounter with the British frigate `` Apollo '' .

After a brief exchange of fire , both bridges were captured Conquering and then defended Defending against tank , gunboat and infantry counter-attacks , until relief arrived Arriving .