HMS Barham Association
Welcome to the HMS Barham Association website On 25th November 1941, 841 men lost their lives when this battleship was sunk during the 2nd world war. They and the sacrifice they …
HMS Barham Association
His grandfather gave him a plaque bearing the Barham emblem and entitled 'HMS Barham July 1941', and he's trying to find out its history. It's cast in steel and is mounted on wood and he …
HMS Barham Association
The name 'Barham' came from Admiral Charles Middleton who was Lord Barham. He became the First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of Trafalger 1762-1813. He also worked with Admiral …
HMS Barham Association
They bare the simple inscription: “May this gift ever preserve the memory of a gallant company: Captain GC Cooke, officers, warrant officers, and men in HMS Barham, lost in the …
HMS Barham Association
HMS Barham was laid down on 24 February 1913 and commissioned on 19 August 1915 as a Portsmouth ship. She was chosen as the flagship of the fifth battle squadron with Rear …
HMS Barham Association
During this service the Standard is paraded, prayers are said and wreaths are laid to remember the lost crew of HMS Barham. Pictures of past memorial events can be found above.
HMS Barham Association
It was the third worst loss of life of any British warship in WWII, after HMS Hood, and HMS Glorious. The Barham was the largest British ship to be sunk by submarine.
HMS Barham Association
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HMS Barham Association
Three survivors Richard Laland, Jack Nealon and George Knott laid the wreath on the 70th anniversary of the sinking of HMS BARHAM. At the service Bob Woodgate paraded the HMS …
HMS Barham Association
Two months later came the official announcement of the loss of HMS Barham. There were no memorials, no burials and hence no closure for the grief that we and so many others …