Khartoum International Community School Khartoum International Community School Khartoum International Community School (KICS) is a private English medium International School established by the DAL Group in 2004. Located on a purpose-built campus in the Hai El Raqi area south of Khartoum, Sudan, KICS caters for students from age of 3 to 18 years. KICS is accredited by the University of Cambridge to offer IGCSE examinations. In addition to its academic programmes, KICS offers a diverse range of extra-curricular activities. School teams compete in a range of sports as well as representing the school at a variety of international conferences and academic pursuits. KICS was
HMS Khartoum (F45) and the sloop in search for "Torricelli" near Perim Island. After interception, "Khartoum" and these warships took part in a surface engagement with the submarine, during which "Torricelli" was sunk and "Shoreham" damaged. However, during the battle, "Khartoum" was hit by return fire which damaged the after torpedo tube mounting. Some five and a half hours later, at 11.50am (local time), a torpedo's compressed air chamber exploded, propelling the warhead through the deck house of number 3 4.7-inch mount. and causing a serious uncontrollable fire from a ruptured oil tank there. This resulted in an explosion of the ship's artillery