<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngaphambi kuka-02:00 ngo-February 15, 1942, i-Portmar yasuka eDarwin njengengxenye yomkhumbi owawuthwele izinsiza zabavikeli baseTimor. Futhi kule nqola kwakukhona izithuthi,, futhi, nge-escort eyakhiwe yi-cruiser, i-destroyer, kanye ne-sloops futhi. I-Portmar, kanye ne-Tulagi, yayithwele izingxenye ze-U.S. Army 148th Field Artillery ngenkathi ezinye imikhumbi zinebutho lase-Australia. Ngo-11:00, imikhumbi yayibonwe ngesikebhe saseJapane, esazilandela amahora ambalwa ngaphambi kokuphonsa amabhomu cishe ngo-14:00 ngomphumela omncane. Ngosuku olulandelayo, esinye isikebhe esindizayo saqala ukulandela umkhumbi cishe ngo-09:15, futhi imikhumbi yahlaselwa ngamandla ezindiza ezingama-45 zaseJapane ngemuva kwamahora amabili. Kwaba nomonakalo omncane futhi kwafa abantu abathile ebhodini i-Manua Loa, kuyilapho i-Portmar ingazange ilimale ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa ihora lonke. Amathuba okuthi kube nokuhlaselwa okusha kanye nokukholelwa ukuthi sekuseduze  <response>: ukuhlaselwa kweTimor kwaholela emiyalweni yokuguqula umkhumbi wathola ngo-15: 15, nazo zonke izikebhe zibuyele eDarwin emini ngoFebhuwari 18. 