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Description: CAPTAIN POWER VISITS DAMAGED JAPANESE CRUISER MYOKO. 25 SEPTEMBER 1945, SINGAPORE. IN MAY 1944, FIVE SHIPS OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH DESTROYER FLOTILLA ATTACHED TO THE BRITISH EAST INDIES FLEET, LED BY HMS SAUMAREZ, WITH CAPTAIN M L POWER, CBE, OBE, DSO AND BAR, AS CAPTAIN (D), SANK THE JAPANESE CRUISER HAGURO IN ONE HOURS ACTION AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE MALACCA STRAIT. WHEN SAUMAREZ ENTERED SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE, CAPTAIN POWER WITH HIS STAFF OFFICERS PAID A VISIT TO MYOKO, SISTER SHIP OF HAGURO, NOW LYING THERE WITH HER STERN BLOWN OFF AFTER THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINES. CROSSING TO THE DECK OF THE MYOKO VIA THE CONNING TOWER OF A GERMAN U-BOAT, CAPTAIN POWER AND HIS PARTY WERE MET BY JAPANESE OFFICERS WHO TOOK THEM ON A COMPREHENSIVE TOUR OF THE SHIP. The damaged Japanese cruiser MYOKO. The 2 U-boats tied up alongside were I-501 (ex German U-181) and I-502 (ex German U-862), also captured at Singapore.
Title: Myoko after surrender
Credit: This photograph A 30701 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Trusler, C (Lt)
Permission: This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain. This is because it is one of the following: It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or It was published prior to 1973; or It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1973.HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply) More information. See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.
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