HMS Barham ( Ship of His Majesty the Barem ) is a British battleship of the Queen Elizabeth type. Sunk on November 25, 1941 in the Mediterranean Sea by a German submarine U-331 .
| Barem | |
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| Hms barham | |
 "Barem." Photograph of the mid-1930s | |
| Service | |
 Great Britain | |
| Class and type of vessel | Battleship Queen Elizabeth |
| Manufacturer | |
| Construction started | February 24, 1913 |
| Launched | October 31, 1914 |
| Commissioned | October 19, 1915 |
| Status | Sunk on November 25, 1941 by submarine U-331 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 29,150 t standard; 33,000 t full |
| Length | 196 m |
| Width | 31.7 m |
| Draft | 10 m |
| Engines | 24 3-stage boilers Babcock & Wilcox , 4 TZ Parsons |
| Mover | 4 screws |
| Speed | 25 knots (upon commissioning) |
| Sailing range | 8,600 nautical miles with 12.5 nodal travel |
| Crew | 1124–1184 people |
| Armament during construction | |
| Artillery | 8 × 381 mm 14 × 152 mm 2 × 12-fn |
| Flak | 2 × 76 mm |
| Mine torpedo armament | 4 submarine torpedo tubes of caliber 533 mm |
| Armament after the modernization of 1930-1934 | |
| Artillery | 8 × 381 mm 8 × 152 mm |
| Flak | 8 × 102 mm Mk XVI |
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Service History
During World War I, he participated in the Battle of Jutland (flagship of the 5th battleship squadron, Rear Admiral Evan Thomas), received 6 hits, 28 people were killed and 37 wounded. During World War II, he participated in the battle at Cape Matapan .
Doom
November 25, 1941, while in the Mediterranean Sea near the border of Egypt and Libya , the battleship was attacked by a German submarine U-331 (commander Lieutenant Tiesenhausen ). The boat penetrated the guards of destroyers and from a distance of 370 meters fired four torpedoes, three of which hit the target. The battleship lost speed and began to roll to the port side. A few minutes later, a powerful explosion blew the ship to pieces, killing 862 people. The cause of the explosion was obviously a fire in the artillery cellar. The Barem is the only English battleship sunk by a submarine on the high seas.
Literature
- Wolf Packs, Moscow, Terra Book Club, 1998
Links
- HMS Barham Association Date of treatment December 22, 2012. Archived December 23, 2012.
- Documentary footage of the death of the battleship on YouTube