QuickCheck: Did a UK Royal Navy officer named Manley Power lead a fight against a Japanese cruiser off Penang?

By TAN YI LIANG

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?

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QuickCheck , True or Not , World War 2 , Battle of the Malacca Strait , Straits of Melaka , 1945 , Royal Navy , Imperial Japanese Navy , Haguro , Manley Power

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