What the records say
- When
- 15 May 1945 – 16 May 1945
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 4.00° N, 100.00° E
- Description
- 1945 naval battle
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War II
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le croiseurs lourds japonais Haguro est coulé par les Britanniques au détroit de Malacca”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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