<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqaleni kuka - 1942, imikhumbi yempi yaseJalimane yayisilibonile inani lemikhumbi - mkhathi, ikakhulukazi ngemva kokuhlasela kweBrithani imikhumbi yempi yase - Italy  <response>: eTaranto ngo-1940 nokulahlekelwa umkhumbi wempi waseJalimane ngo-1941. Ngakho-ke i-Navy yakhetha imikhumbi eminingana ukuze iguqulwe ibe yizindiza ezisizayo ngoMeyi 1942, kufaka phakathi umkhumbi wabagibeli, owaqhutshwa yiNorddeutscher Lloyd. Njengoba yayiklanyelwe, iphrojekthi yokuguqula eyayiklanyelwe yayiyoba nkulu ngisho nangaphezu kwesigaba se-Graf Zeppelin esakhiwe ngenjongo. Yayingaba nezindiza zokulwa ezingu - 42 kanye namabhomu agxumayo. Kodwa izinkinga ezingathi sína zokuzinza nobuthakathaka bokwakheka kwaphazamisa lo msebenzi futhi ekugcineni wabonakala ungenakunqotshwa. Ayikho imisebenzi eyayisiqaliwe ekuguqulweni ngaphambi kokuba iphrojekthi ikhanselwe ngasekupheleni kuka-1942. 