Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: HMAS "Kuru" yakanga iri chikepe chepamberi chepamberi chakashandiswa neRoyal Australian Navy (RAN) munguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Yakavakwa muna 1938 nokuda kweNorthern Territory Patrol Service, "Kuru" yakatorwa neRAN zvichitevera kuzivisa kweJapan kwehondo muna December 1941. Ngarava yacho yaishanda ichibva kuDarwin, uye yaiva imwe yengarava dzaishandiswa kuchengeta mauto eAllied muTimor achigoverwazve pashure pokunge
kupinda kweJapan. "Kuru" yakashanda kutozosvikira muna 1943, apo yakakuvadzwa zvisingagadzirisiki mutsaona.