A month after the onset of WW2, HMS Barham and the other battleships of 1st Battle Squadron were taken from the Mediterranean Fleet to re-inforce the Home Fleet. By the end of 1939, the only British ...

Stories categorised in 'HMS Barham'. These stories may contain references to other themes. However, on Christmas Eve, I met with Hearson ashore and we had a quiet evening enjoying good food and... The ...

The attack on HMS Barham by a German U-boat in November 1941 cost the lives of more than 860 British sailors. Len Chivers, 99, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, witnessed the sinking of the battleship from ...

Key point: Rome dreamt of a new empire but ultimately lost the war. As Italy got more desperate, it turned to more creative measures to fight back. Mussolini’s effort to seize control of the ...