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 ...

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 ...

Some of history's most dramatic maritime disasters happened with cameras rolling, leaving behind extraordinary footage of ...

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 ...

A Royal Navy veteran has described witnessing one of the worst tragedies of World War Two. The attack on HMS Barham by a German U-boat in November 1941 cost the lives of more than 860 British sailors.

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 ...

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 ...

Ein Torpedo beendet 1941 die Erfolgsgeschichte des Kriegsschiffs HMS Barham. Um die Öffentlichkeit nicht zu beunruhigen, wird ...