American School of Kinshasa 26, 2004. It is available here. American School of Kinshasa The American School of Kinshasa (TASOK) is an international, private, independent K-12 school in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, for students aged between 3 and 18 years. TASOK was founded in 1961 as "TASOL" for "The American School of Leopoldville", Leopoldville being the name of the capital of the newly independent Democratic Republic of the Congo. The "L" was amended to "K" when the name of the city was changed to Kinshasa in 1966. After independence in 1960, the Congolese schooling system entered into chaos, and many of the
HMS Cheshire HMS Cheshire HMS "Cheshire" (F18), was a ship of the Royal Navy, named after the English county of Cheshire. Previously a cruise ship, she served as an armed merchant cruiser acting as convoy escort and troopship in World War II. "Cheshire" proved doughty in her military role: She was torpedoed twice by U-boats but survived each and returned to service after extensive repairs. She also survived a U-boat attack on a small convoy of troopships transiting the English Channel from Southampton, England to Cherbourg, France, containing just herself and , with over 800 lives lost when "Leopoldville" went down. During