Hello everyone! I apologize to those who saw the premiere that started earlier today. I forgot it was Wednesday! But I hope you enjoyed this look at HMS Barham, and I'd like to thank the Imperial War Museum for responding quickly to my request to use their footage of the sinking of HMS Barham!

My father joined the Kriegsmarine in 1940 and entered the U-boat arm. His first cadet cruise was on U-331, and was aboard during the sinking of HMS Barham. A little known fact, but U-331 almost broke the surface after firing, as they didn't flood fast enough to compensate for the weight of torpedoes fired. He went on to be 3rd watch officer on U-969 in the Med.

Hi ,my grandad was a survivor on barham , always told me good stories of life on board, whist out dog walking.....

My grandfather served on the Barham as a Royal Marine at Jutland.

@chezburge34

Жыл бұрын

Ya sure looks like your lieing? Cuz battle of Jutland was 1916?

@davefrench3608

Жыл бұрын

@@chezburge34 and he was born in 1897, joined the marine band in 1911 aged 14.

@G4GUO

5 ай бұрын

@@davefrench3608 Don't worry I believe you as my grandfather was a navigation officer on Barham at Jutland, his name appears on the crew list for the engagement.

@davefrench3608

5 ай бұрын

@@G4GUO do you have a link to the crew list?

@G4GUO

5 ай бұрын

@@davefrench3608 'Google it' YT won't let me post links

After reading several accounts and having watched the video many times I find it incredible that anyone could survive that final explosion.

Whenever I see that incredible footage of HMS Barham’s end, the venerable battleship rapidly capsizing to port & on her beam ends, when suddenly her magazines cataclysmically detonate, I wonder, for the life of me, just how it is possible that as many as 450 of her brave crew somehow lived to tell the tale.

@richmcgee434

Жыл бұрын

The fact that the one survivor's first-hand report in the vid is so nonchalant about being caught in that explosion and then dragged under as the hulk sinks is some pretty impressive stiff-upper-lip on display.

@willpalmer7520

10 ай бұрын

My late dad was one of the survivors he was a signalman he joined her in 1938

Thanks for another fine profile of an important but lesser known ship that served in two World Wars. The photos were interesting as I could see the changes in Barham’s silhouette after her reconstruction. I think you have the best naval history channel on KZread, and I wish you much luck and success!

Thank you.

Thank you for covering Barham !

Thanks for the specs on the armor. I am playing Ultimate Admiral Dreadnaught and had little idea what normal armor is.

Keep it up with these excellent videos with its lots of detail this is turning into a first rate channel good for you

Bring more videos like this please oh and the books by R A Burt as far as I concerned can't be beaten

Great video thank you ❤

Very detailed and informative video. you have done another great video. Thank you

Here is an obscure suggestion; the actions of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Adriatic Sea during WWI.

ABCs cabin door rattled three times, bringing him up to the bridge, and saw Barham sinking.

My old dad`s cousin went down with this ship, he was a stoker in the boiler room, he never stood a chance.

It's alot of effort to put good videos together, so thank you for that. Respectfully - what you've missed here is the whole cultural background of events leading up to the sinking. Barham was felt by many to be a "Jonah" ship and postings to it were somewhat disliked. Men had been lost in her construction and a number of accidents, running aground, and generally bad energy had surrounded her since the keel was laid. That she ended in total destruction was felt by some of the saltier members of H.M. Royal Navy to be inevitable.

@ImportantHistory

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the comment and the information. But, I'm curious where I could find more about this.

At Jutland, there was NOTHING afloat that could match a Queen Elizabeth class battleship’s combination of hitting power, armor protection, & speed. That they were still effective fighting ships 25 years later in the next Great War, is a testament to their brilliant design. (Even if it did necessitate refits & upgrades.)

@stuartpenketh8141

Жыл бұрын

Show me a ship that doesn't need a refit every ten years, to keep up to date.

@michaelpielorz9283

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the germans at jutland didn`t knew that and kicked Warspite with 12 " and11" guns so hard it had to limp home .recceiving british15" hits wasn`that problem for them,ask Von der Tann .Baden was carefully examined and astonished the british in many ways !

i like the commentary! i do wish your videos had more visuals of the boat movements. because sometimes i get lost in the aural discriptions and then its just nonsense to me until i hear something i remember form some other story and guess how the actions went from last time i understood to where i reaquire a semblance of where things were. making the whole thing just a scattering of mental visages of boats in tatters, unknowing if my mental images are accurate at all. ... like i said - the stories themselves sound good, but better visuals would complement the stories. show the turns of the ships ?? I know what crossing the T means. but how that group got there is a bafflement to me. thanks , jeff r (wausau wisconsin) ship battle intrest.

nice...pronunciations...hmmmm

@gayprepperz6862

Жыл бұрын

Bahhh!