Battle of the Malacca Strait
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The Battle of the Malacca Strait, sometimes called the Sinking of Haguro, and in Japanese sources as the Battle off Penang (ペナン沖海戦), was a naval battle that resulted from the British search-and-destroy operation in May 1945, called Operation Dukedom, that resulted in the sinking of the Japanese cruiser Haguro. Haguro had been operating as a supply ship for Japanese garrisons in the Dutch East Indies and the Bay of Bengal since 9 April 1945.
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Battle of the Malacca Strait | |||||||
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Part of the Pacific theater of World War II | |||||||
Japanese cruiser Haguro, circa 1936 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Kingdom | Japan | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Manley Power |
Shigeru Fukudome Shintaro Hashimoto † Kaju Sugiura † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
5 destroyers |
1 heavy cruiser 1 destroyer | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 killed 3 wounded 1 destroyer damaged[1] |
927 killed 1 heavy cruiser sunk 1 destroyer damaged[2] |
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