 On 23 November 1939, while on "Northern Patrol" guarding the GIUK gap, HMS "Rawalpindi" engaged in battle against the German battleships and .She prevented the breakthrough of the ships, but was herself sunk southeast of Iceland in the Iceland-Faroe passage.survived the war and was scrapped at Newport in 1953. was sold to the Admiralty in 1943 and converted to a repair ship.