CAPTAIN POWER VISITS DAMAGED JAPANESE CRUISER. 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
CAPTAIN POWER VISITS DAMAGED JAPANESE CRUISER. 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. - Japanese sailors line up on the deck of a U-boat as Captain Power leaves the MYOKO ,
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