Battle of the Malacca Strait

Battle of the Malacca Strait
Part of the Pacific theater of World War II

Japanese cruiser Haguro, circa 1936
Date15–16 May 1945
Location4°N 100°E / 4°N 100°E / 4; 100
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[1]
927 killed
1 heavy cruiser sunk
1 destroyer damaged[2]

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.

  1. ^ Hough, HMS Vigilant
  2. ^ 900 were killed on Haguro and 27 on Kamikaze. Hackett and Nevitt, Combinedfleet.com.

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