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