QuickCheck: Did the Federated Malay States fund construction of a battleship in the 1910s?

By TAN YI LIANG

OVER the years, it has been claimed online that the four Federated Malay States – Selangor, Perak, Negri Sembilan and Pahang – funded the construction of a Royal Navy battleship that was named HMS Malaya. Is this true?

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