`` Kuma '' was being escorted Patrolling by the destroyer about north-west of Penang , Malaya .

`` Tally-Ho '' was patrolling Patrolling from her base at Trincomalee , Ceylon searching Scrutiny for Japanese vessels and on 9 January , sighted Know the Japanese light cruiser `` Kuma '' off Penang .

`` Kuma '' was on anti-submarine warfare Hostile_encounter exercises Practice .

`` Kuma '' had a destroyer— '' Uranami '' —as an escort .

`` Kuma '' was hit Attack starboard aft by two torpedoes .

A fire Use_firearm raged on board the `` Kuma '' and she soon began Process_start to sink Motion_directional by the stern .