OVER the years, it has been occasionally stated online that the fight to sink the Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser Haguro on May 16, 1945 - also known as the Battle of the Malacca Strait - was led by a captain of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy named Manley Power. Is this true? VERDICT:TRUEYes, your eyes are not deceiving you; the fight that sank the cruiser Haguro and damaged the destroyer Kamikaze was in fact led by then Captain, later Admiral, Manley Power, who was leading the 26th Destroyer Flotilla as captain of the Royal Navy ship HMS Saumarez. The other four ships in the flotilla were HMS Verulam, Venus, Vigilant, and Virago. However, the Kamikaze was able to escape the ambush despite sustaining damage by heading towards Penang and returning the next day to rescue approximately 300 survivors of the battle.

Source: The Star October 29, 2022 04:34 UTC