<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Iqembu lokuqala lemikhumbi eyisithupha lalakhiwa ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene lapho lithengwa. U-Swan Hunter no-Wigham Richardson Ltd no-Harland no-Wolff bakha amabili ngamunye, kuyilapho u-Cammell Laird no-Co. noLithgows bakhiqiza eyodwa ngamunye. Le mikhumbi yabona inkonzo esebenzayo phakathi nempi, e-Arctic, e-Atlantic naseMpumalanga Ekude. yaqhunyiswa ngamabhomu futhi yacwiliswa ngenkathi ihamba njengengxenye yeConvoy PQ 17 ngo-1942, ngenkathi ichithwa ngesikhathi kwenziwa imisebenzi yaseNarvik  <response>: ngo-1940. yacekelwa phansi yi-torpedo eMedithera futhi yaphuka phakathi, kodwa kamuva yalungiswa, yacishe yacekelwa phansi ukuhlaselwa yi-kamikaze ePacific, futhi yacekelwa phansi ngephutha yi-Trincomalee ngo-1944. Lezo zimikhumbi ezasinda empini zahlala zisebenza neRoyal Fleet Auxiliary, iningi lazo lalahlwa ekuqaleni kwawo-1960. Owaphila isikhathi eside kunayo yonke kwakungu-Bishopdale, okwathi naphezu kokungasebenzi ngo-1959, awuzange ukhunjulwe kwaze kwaba ngo-1970. 