The sinking of HMS Barham became one of the most dramatic naval disasters ever captured on film. After being struck by German torpedoes during World War II, the battleship suffered a catastrophic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The top 50 Kriegsmarine commanders sank an astonishing 1,153 vessels totalling 6.1million tons between them. Yet the Barham was ...

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 ...

This is a transcript of part of a two letters sent home by P Stanley Richardson, who served in the Royal Navy. (March 1941) ……I expect you heard over the wireless ...

It was December 1941 just two years into the Second World War but before Pearl Harbour. The days were short and the nights were long and cold. The air raid sirens sounded their unforgettable and eerie ...

The full story of the disintegration of the battleship HMS Barham a few minutes after it was hit by three torpedoes in 1941 will be recalled in the fifth issue of ...

Richard Laland is one of only two survivors from the doomed battleship HMS Barham still alive today. The 92-year-old, from Leicester, miraculously escaped death when the ship was sunk by a German ...

In Remember When 57, we carry the story of George Marshall, who married Joyce Sharples. The couple had never met, although they were both from Gatshead, but after a two-year courtship, by letter, as ...