The 92-year-old, from Leicester, miraculously escaped death when the ship was sunk by a. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Merlin Burrows have found and pin-pointed the exact location of the wreck of HMS Barham - a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship built for the Royal Navy in February 1913. After several minutes it became apparent that the squadron was not conforming to Beatty's other ships, but Evan-Thomas refused to change course until clear instructions had been received despite entreaties from the Barham's captain. They set several merchant ships on fire, but again failed to hit the latter at a range of 17,000 yards (15,500m) before breaking off fire at 13:20. Clinging to a piece of wreckage, Richard was picked up by an Australian destroyer, along with other survivors. A pair of octuple mounts for 2-pounder (40mm (1.6in)) Mk VIII "pom-pom" anti-aircraft guns were added abreast the funnel and two positions for their directors were added on new platforms abreast and below the spotting top. [25] On 21 May, the 5th Battle Squadron was attached to Beatty while his 3rd Battlecruiser Squadron was detached for gunnery training and arrived at Rosyth the following day. The BdU (Commander Submarines) noted in his war diary the rather jubilant: U331 1 battleship torpedoed in the Mediterranean. Shortly before the turn, one of his escorting light cruisers, Galatea spotted smoke on the horizon and continued on her course to investigate. The battleship and the other ships of Force F were tasked to ferry troops to Malta, before continuing on to Alexandria. "I shot to the surface," he said. [89] The following morning, the German submarineU-331, commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen, detected the faint engine noises of the British ships and moved to intercept. [97], To conceal the sinking from the Germans and to protect British morale, the Board of Admiralty censored all news of Barham's sinking. At 18:17 he realised that Marlborough was actually at the rear of the formation and he ordered a turn to the north to bring his squadron into line behind the Grand Fleet. As a result, the operation was confined to the northern end of the sea. These new approaches would help achieve an international goal set last year to have 100% of the topography of the world's ocean bed mapped by 2030. The full truth only emerged at the Nuremberg Trials. She became a private ship in January of that year and was refitted at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard in FebruaryJuly. It was a perfect day and the sea was smooth, After Hands had been piped to tea, the usual promenaders (ERAs and Stoker POs off watch) emerged from below-decks for their customary first Dog Watch strolls up and down the Focsle. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Producers had wanted to stage a live, underwater broadcast from the sunken remains of a famous ship. Last modified on Wed 15 Jun 2022 10.44 EDT. . It was steaming at about twenty knots at the time, and immediately began to list to port at an alarming rate. The impact was right on the joints between several armour plates and drove them inwards and destroyed part of the hull behind them. The British had recently broken the Italian codes and sailed after dark on the 27th to intercept the Italians. 101102, 108110, 115116, 134142, Campbell 1986, pp. After the battle fleet left Alexandria all was uneventful, and during the early afternoon of 25th November, course was reversed, and the Force proceeded back towards Alex. It is also renowned for the shocking footage shown on Pathe News and more recently watched almost two million times on YouTube recording the listing ship being blown to pieces when its magazine exploded. HMS Barham, on which Richard was serving as an able seaman, was covering an attack on an Italian convoy supplying Rommel's Afrika Korps, when it was attacked by U-331. How surprising were the M3 Grant tanks to the Germans? Beatty then ordered Evan-Thomas to turn his ships in succession to follow the battlecruisers three minutes later. "I was disorientated but reached out and felt the ship. [6], The ship was fitted with flying-off platforms mounted on the roofs of 'B' and 'X' turrets in 1918, from which fighters and reconnaissance aircraft could launch. U-boat commander Fritz Julius Lemp had mistaken the liner for an armed cruiser and the German naval authorities tried to cover up the sub's actions. Realising their mistake, the Germans changed course for home. HMS Barham was one of five Queen Elizabeth -class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. No. Sinking of Royal Navy Battleship HMS Barham.A legendary battleship with a history at Jutland, during World War 2 HMS Barham was stationed with the Royal Navy's Eastern Mediterranean fleet in Egypt.. On the afternoon of the 24th November of 1941, HMS Barham, sailed to provide cover for the 7th and 15th Royal Navy Cruiser Squadrons. He eventually lost his life in a confrontation in 1941 when his U-110 boat was forced to the surface after being damaged by depth charges. [67] Barham played no role in the Norwegian Campaign although some of her crew and marines participated. These two hits were ultimately responsible for the massive flooding that nearly sank the ship after the battle. "It was by an air vent from the engine room that was hit and all this smoke came pouring up. Website with searchable ship database about warships, passenger liners, merchant ships, photo galleries, technical details, stories, news and much more. Egypt Mar Sidi Barrani. The loss of HMS Barham contributed to the very high number of losses at sea suffered by the Royal Navy in the period of Operation CRUSADER, about which I have written at this link. This was initially a Fairey IIIF until it was replaced by a Fairey Swordfish in 1938. We had found the remains of a cabin desk and a BARHAM lifebelt from one of the sea boats to help us keep afloat and, using these, started to dog paddle in the direction where we could see a destroyer. [29][Note 4], Hipper's battlecruisers spotted the Battlecruiser Fleet to their west at 15:20, but Beatty's ships did not see the Germans to their east until 15:30. By the afternoon the submarine and the 1st Battle Squadron were on reciprocal courses and Tiesenhausen ordered his boat to battle stations around 16:00. Richard Laland is one of only two survivors from the doomed battleship HMS Barham still alive today. Barham played a minor role in quelling the 1929 Palestine riots and the 19361939 Arab revolt in Palestine. The ship participated in the Silver Jubilee Fleet Review for George V on 16 July at Spithead[58] and was then transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet at the end of August. Fragments from this hit caused flooding that spread throughout the bow, while the ship's speed caused water to enter directly through the hole in the side. [101], Helen Duncan, considered the last person to be imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act 1735, came to the attention of the authorities after claiming to have contacted the spirit of a sailor of Barham, at the time when the ship's sinking was being hidden from the general public. [61], Barham remained part of the Mediterranean Fleet at the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939. The turbines were rated at 75,000 shaft horsepower (56,000kW) and intended to reach a maximum speed of 25 knots (46.3km/h; 28.8mph). IWM FL1472. [96] The sinking was captured on film by a cameraman from Path News, aboard Valiant. The battle was known as "Operation Crusader" to the British, the 2nd (British) Offensive to the Italians, and as the 'Winterschlacht' (winter battle) to the Germans. It is the first wreck in his consultancy career "which I've identified from my armchair, so to speak". One 250-kilogram (550lb) bomb struck 'Y' turret and started a fire inside the turret that took 20 minutes to quench. 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