ABOUT 60 years ago, a Japanese cruiser Haguro sank in the Straits of Malacca off Penang following a sea battle between five British destroyers and two Japanese naval vessels.
More than 900 seamen pe-rished in the battle dubbed as the last naval surface engagement of World War Two on the night of May 16, 1945.
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