On November 24, 1941, the British 1st Battle Squadron - led by HMS Barham, Queen Elizabeth, and Valiant, and escorted by eight destroyers - sailed into the Central Mediterranean to intercept Italian ...

The first HMS Barham in 1811 was named after Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Lord Barham. The fourth vessel of this name was present at the battle of Jutland in 1916, and saw service at the battle of ...

HMS Barham - With Force "H": Part 1. Following a two-month spell at Scapa Flow during the summer of 1940, HMS Barham sailed to Freetown, Sierra ...

Message 1 - HMS Barham - Scapa Flow: August 4th-6th, 1940 Posted on: 29 January 2004 by Peter - WW2 Site Helper. Dear Graeme. Quite fascinating! Frozen moments in time, we can almost relive every ...

JAN 28, 1942: The hardy-but-hapless HMS Barham was revealed to have sunk – with her explosion caught on camera – on this day in 1942 following two months of official silence. The battleship, which had ...

HMS Barham — Scapa Flow: 31 July — 3 August, 1940. 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 ...

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