<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I-HMS Kipling, eqanjwe ngombhali nembongi uRudyard Kipling, yabekwa nguYarrow, eScotstoun ngo-Okthoba 20, 1937, yethulwa ngoJanuwari 19, 1939, yindodakazi kaKipling, futhi yaqashwa ngoDisemba 12, 1939. Ngo-October 11, 1940, i-Kipling, kanye nabanye ababhubhisi abayisithupha, bahamba nomkhumbi wempi i-HMS Renown ukuyohlasela itheku laseFrance laseCherbourg. Ekuseni ngomhla ka-23 ka-1941 i-HMS Kelly ne-HMS Kashmir zazihoxa ngejubane eliphelele entshonalanga yeKrethe. Ngemva kokusinda ekuhlaselweni izindiza ezimbili ezinamandla, ngo-7:55 ekuseni zabanjwa amabhomu angu-24 ayehlasela ngokudilika. Zombili lezi zikebhe zacwila ngokushesha, kwafa abantu abangu - 210. Ngenhlanhla umkhumbi - mkhumbi iKipling wawuseduze, futhi, naphezu kokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu okuqhubekayo, wasindisa olwandle izikhulu namadoda angu - 279, kuhlanganise noLord Louis Mountbatten, kuyilapho yena ngokwakhe engalimalanga. Ngakusasa ekuseni, lapho isekude ngamakhilomitha angamashumi ayisihlanu ukusuka eAlexandria, futhi igcwele amadoda kusukela esiqwini kuya emhlane, yaphelelwa ngokuphelele uphethiloli, kodwa yahlangatshezwa ngokuphepha futhi yakhishwa. Ngomhlaka 17 Disemba 1941, walimala kancane ngemicibisholo evela emgodini ongu-203 mm ovela e-cruiser yase-Italy Gorizia ngesikhathi kuqhubeka ukuhlaselwa.  <response>: Impi Yokuqala YaseSirte. Ukuhlolwa kweBrithani kunalokho kwaphetha ngokuthi i- Kipling yashaywa yizibhamu ezicishe zashaywa ngamabhomu angu-305 mm adutshulwa yizimpi zempi i- Andrea Doria kanye ne Giulio Cesare. Ama-antenna alo angenantambo ashayeka phansi, isakhiwo salo, umkhumbi kanye nezikebhe ezixhunyiwe kwabhodlozwa. Ilungu elilodwa labasebenzi labulawa empini. Ngo-December 28, 1941 Kipling wacwilisa umkhumbi-ngwenya waseJalimane. I Kipling yahlaselwa ngamabhomu aseJalimane i-Ju 88 aseLehrgeschwader 1 enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeMersa Matruh eGibhithe ngoMeyi 11, 1942 futhi yacwiliswa nguJoachim Helbig. Kwafa abantu abangu-29 emkhunjini wakhe futhi kwatholakala amadoda angu-221 asindisiwe. 