<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I-HMAS Kuru kwakuyisikebhe sokusiza esiqhutshwa yiRoyal Australian Navy RAN phakathi neMpi Yezwe II. Yakhiwa ngo-1938 yeNorthern Territory Patrol Service, iKuru yafunwa yiRAN kulandela isimemezelo sempi saseJapane ngoDisemba 1941. Lo mkhumbi wawusebenza eDarwin, futhi wawungomunye wemikhumbi eyayisetshenziselwa ukugcina amabutho ama-Allied eTimor ehlinzekwa ngemuva kokuhlasela kwamaJapane  <response>: . futhi. I-Kuru yasebenza kwaze kwaba ngo-1943, lapho yonakaliswa kakhulu engozini. 