<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - I-Royal Navy yalahlekelwa kakhulu eminyakeni emibili yokuqala yempi, kuhlanganise nabaphathi bezindiza i-HMS, ne-, imikhumbi yempi kanye ne- battlecruiser e-European Theatre, kanye nomphathi wezindiza, umkhumbi wempi, i-battlecruiser kanye ne-cruisers esindayo, futhi e-Asian Theatre. Emadodeni angu-1.418 ayesemkhunjini i-Hood, kwasala amathathu kuphela. Kwafa abantu abangaphezu kuka - 3 000 lapho umkhumbi owawuphethe amasosha ushona ngo - June 1940, okuyinhlekelele yasolwandle enkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni waseBrithani. Kodwa-ke kwakukhona nempumelelo ngokumelene nemikhumbi yezitha, njengasemzabalazweni weRiver Plate ngo-1939, eNarvik  <response>: ngo-1940 neCape Matapan ngo-1941, nokucwila kwemikhumbi yemikhumbi yaseJalimane ngo-1941 nango-1943. 