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? Read full story

Source : https://www.thestar.com.my/news/true-or-not/2022/10/28/quickcheck-did-a-uk-royal-navy-officer-named-manley-power-lead-a-fight-against-a-japanese-cruiser-off-penang