The Sinking of HMS Barham

HMS Barham, a Queen Elisabeth Class Battleship, sinking on 25th November 1941.

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[Spider4642]

@gosuc H.M.S. Barham was the only British battleship to be sunk while on duty at sea, H.M.S. Royal Oak was at anchor in her home base at Scapa Flow.

[Thunderyend]

@gosuc

"Barham was the only British battleship sunk at sea by a German U-boat..."

"at sea" means that Barham was sailing under power in the open sea.

Royal Oak was at anchor in port at Scapa Flow when she was sunk.

I hope this clears up your confusion.

[CLVASHJBHWFS]

@coolconfuzer Alaska was a good cruiser kiler no doubt. it's a shame the US could not built these earlier, as they would of been ideal.

[CLVASHJBHWFS]

@coolconfuzer Vanguard is possible the best all round battleship. N3 G3 and I3 were in another league, along with the improved and new Ships years on from the Lions. Also E or F design of or the original lions was up there with the latter Montana's (a really good design). Britain went through some silly we wil only build 40,000ton standard ships for a year or two though.

[coolconfuzer]

@CLVASHJBHWFS You know whats an underrated battleship? HMS VANGUARD. The one built right after WW2 and the U.S.S GUAM and ALASKA.

[coolconfuzer]

It sucks....they don't make warships like this anymore. The Russians have those missile cruisers and the U.S have aircraft carries and subs are still pretty cool but no gunships.

[coolconfuzer]

@CLVASHJBHWFS repulse and renown are my favs.

[coolconfuzer]

@Spider4642 Royal oak also.

[CLVASHJBHWFS]

@coolconfuzer How many other ships of this age and without refit (the one she would of recieved would of made things very different, just by removing the torpedoe tubes alone) had been in action like this. It should be noticed, if it were not for a diffrence of a few seconds, things would of been very different. Hood was a fast battleship in all but name, Repulse with Renown were not much different. Better be in these ships than US cookie cutters or pre cookie cutters in situations like this.

[Spider4642]

@Sokar2488 Buddy, H.M.S Barham was the only British battleship sunk at sea by a U-boat, H.M.S. Prince of Wales was sunk by bomber aircraft.

[Sokar2488]

@Spider4642 You forgot HMS Prince of Wales, she was on duty at sea too, when Japanese airplanes sunk her.