All evidence so far is inconclusive one way or the other, and, as I have indicated in a couple of my previous postings, I would rather await any further evidence, preferably from the deck log of the vessel, before I accept what it would prove.
Unfortunately I am currently quite heavily involved in much other research, especially on the cruisers, and mainly because the articles of one English person doing research on one of these cruisers contain so many inconsistencies, misleading statements and errors, that I am unable to pay too much attention on the brown water Navies. Perhaps at a much later stage I may be able to concentrate on this particular aspect.