Battle of the Malacca Strait

Battle of the Malacca Strait
	Part of the Pacific theater of World War II
	; Japanese cruiser Haguro, circa 1936
Date	15–16 May 1945
Location	Strait of Malacca, Indian Ocean4°N 100°E / 4°N 100°E
Result	British victory
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	927 killed ; 1 heavy cruiser sunk ; 1 destroyer damaged

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.

^ Hough, HMS Vigilant
^ 900 were killed on Haguro and 27 on Kamikaze. Hackett and Nevitt, Combinedfleet.com.

[1] Hough, HMS Vigilant

[2] 900 were killed on Haguro and 27 on Kamikaze. Hackett and Nevitt, Combinedfleet.com.

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Battle of the Malacca Strait

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