Nepal's name links her with the Gurkhas, as did HMS Gurkha. By this stage, Gurkha was on its second wartime bearer. The earlier Tribal was lost after charging towards an air attack to bring her guns to bear. Closing the attackers was an aggressive response to the problem of getting the weapons onto their targets.
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Nepal, Gurkha and an air-attack firing problem
Nepal's name honoured the Gurkhas, whose earlier Tribal-class namesake was lost while trying to bring guns to bear against aircraft.