The site of the sinking
32° 34'N 26° 24'E
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The site of the sinking, thanks Google!
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Painting by von Tiesenhausen
His recollection of what he saw through the periscope of U331.
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Pre-sinking
Barham with Valiant astern.
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Pre-sinking
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Pre-sinking
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Pre-sinking
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Pre-sinking
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Periscope view of Barham
Barham from a submarine. May have been similar to von Tiesenhausen's view...
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Postcard issued by German Naval Command
After a painting by Fritz W. Schulz.
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Sinking 1
Barham from HMS Valiant.
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Sinking
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Sinking
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Listing
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Sinking 2
Barham from HMS Valiant.
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Sinking 3
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The sinking in colour
I suspect that this a b&w photo which has been colourised rather than an...
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Taken from HMS Queen Elizabeth
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Sinking 6
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sinking5
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Taken from HMS Queen Elizabeth
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Very similar to the previous photo
from the book Mediterranean Maelstrom by GC Connell.
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Valiant in the background
Taken from HMS Queen Elizabeth
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Valiant in the background.
Taken from HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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Sinking 5
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Sinking 7
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Sinking 8
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Sinking?
Is this another photo of the sinking or a photo of a salvo being fired? On...
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Sinking 9
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Sinking 10
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The press release - 9th July 1945
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Blurb on the back of the press release
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Sinking 11
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Sinking 12
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Sinking 13
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two pics of the sinking
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Barham exploding
Valiant in the background. Taken from Queen Elizabeth
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the same picture as the previous one?
from the book Mediterranean Maelstrom by GC Connell.
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Sinking
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Watching the Sinking
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exploding
Valiant in the background. Taken from Queen Elizabeth.
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Barham explosion
Valiant in the background. Taken from Queen Elizabeth.
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Sinking
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Barham aftermath
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aftermath
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Barham sinking
From the estate of Norman R. Dent of HMS Jervis. The photo of the...
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Explosion
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More photos from the estate of Norman R. Dent of HMS Jervis.
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Aftermath
From "The War at Sea" Imperial War Museum. page 127 quote...
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aftermath
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Aftermath
Imperial War Museum photo.
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Composite sinking
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Jim Rennie's picture - 1
Kindly donated by Jim Rennie. The relevance to Jim is via his late uncle,...
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Jim Rennie's picture - 2
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Jim Rennie's picture - 3
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Detail of Jim Rennie's framed photos
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Detail of Jim Rennie's framed photos
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Detail of Jim Rennie's framed photos
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Detail of Jim Rennie's framed photos
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Detail of Jim Rennie's framed photos
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Article in War Illustrated for 11/1945
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Second half of the article.
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Casualties A - H
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Casualties H - W
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Casualties W - Z
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Admiralty death certificate
Admiralty Death Certificate for Andrew Fraser Davidson, Ordinary Seaman,...
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Letter of Condolence - 1st page
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Letter of Condolence - 2nd page
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map
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U331 in La Spezia
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U331 flying successful kill flag
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U331
April 2, 1942: the crew of the Italian submarine 'SCIRE' lined up in...
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The crew of U-331 being congratulated on their return from the sinking.
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von Tiesenhausen
Freiherr Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34) Sank 2...
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von Tiesenhausen -signed photo
Freiherr von Tiesenhausen began his U-boat career in December 1939 on U-23,...
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Another signed photo
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Yet another signed photo.
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von Tiesenhausen - piratical
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Letter from von Tiesenhausen 18/8/1979
The book to which he refers is 'Battleship Barham' by Geoffrey Jones,...
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Looking at Tiesenhausen's Iron Cross
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Model of U 331
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U-331 model
From the book "Type VII U-Boats" by Roger Chesneau, Chatham...
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U-331 model
From the book "Type VII U-Boats" by Roger Chesneau, Chatham...
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U-331 model
From the book "Type VII U-Boats" by Roger Chesneau, Chatham...
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U-331 model
From the book "Type VII U-Boats" by Roger Chesneau, Chatham...
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Survivors in the water
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HMS Barham survivors
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Survivors being rescued by Hotspur
This comes from the book "Into the Blue" by Captain T.D. Herrick DSC*...
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My father being rescued by Hotspur?
My late father, Douglas "Ginger" Lynd, was convinced that this is a...
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HMAS Hotspur, picked up survivors
My dad, Douglas 'Ginger' Lynd' was picked out of the water by...
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Survivors A - M
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Survivors M - Z
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survivor account 1
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Survivor Account 2
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No more silence
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The Back of the sinking photo
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I was there - Captain CE Morgan, Valiant
From 'The War Illustrated', 20th February 1942
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german article
"Churchill must now admit that on 28 December 1939 the English Battleship...
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"They came up grinning from blood and oil." Yeah, of course they did!
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Press cutting
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Film can't be shown clipping
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Ship blew up - but they lived
Yorkshire Evening Post cutting for 25th November 1961.
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Certificate for Wounds and Hurts
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Report of Wound or Hurt
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HMS Grebe Station card
HMS Grebe, and HMS Nile (Sphinx),in Dekheila, Egypt (a RNAS station)...
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The reverse of the previous card
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dad hospital staff
Hard to say where this is - Egypt? South Africa? or possibly even...
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Dilwara
The British India Line troopship 'Dilwara' which took the...
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HMT Dilwara
The British India Line troopship 'Dilwara' which took the...
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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
This was the Dutch liner/troopship which took the survivors back to...
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John Brown's, Clydebank, September 1913
Setting up the forward frames and deck beams to the platform deck.
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A riveting machine
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John Brown's, 6th September 1913
View of the stern. The stern casing has been hoist into position using sheer...
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Launch day, 31st October 1914
Teak planking formed the backing to the side armour.
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Launch 31st October 1914
Newspaper clipping.
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John Brown's, 9th March 1915
The machinery housing to X barbette being hoist into position.
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John Brown's, 9th March 1915
X barbette being lowered into position.
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John Brown's, 17th May 1915
One of the 15" gun barrels being hoist into position in X turret.
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John Brown's, 17th May 1915
A 15" gun barrel for X turret being hoist into position.
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John Brown's, 7th June 1915
The rollers and gearing of B turret are visible.
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John Brown's, 8th July 1915
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1915 - Barham under construction
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John Brown's, 25th August 1915
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John Brown's, 25th August 1915
Ship's commissioning.
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Full power trial
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Full power trial
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carrying out full power trial 19-10-1929
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HMS Barham - 2nd battle squadron
Hand-written date of October 1915
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2nd battle squadron
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WWI postcard
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The reverse of the previous postcard
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Another copy of the previous postcard
"From HMS Barham On Active Service 1915-1916" Published by...
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Barham in high seas
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At sea, 1916
From left to righ - Barham, Valiant and Warspite.
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Barham at Windy Corner, Jutland
Barham & the 5th Battle Squadron under fire at Windy Corner during the...
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Dressed overall in about 1916
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HMS Barham 1916/1917
At Scapa Flow?
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1917 Barham & Grand Fleet in Scapa Flow
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HMS Barham during WWI
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At full speed 1918
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A rough day at Scapa
HMS Barham in foreground.
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Battle Rig
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HMS Barham - 1st Battle Squadron
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Not passed by censor
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with aircraft
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Barham - Armistice Day (11/11/1918)
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Scapa Flow - 21 November 1918
The arrival of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow for internment - 21st November...
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Souvenir of the Great War
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Souvenir of the Great War No. 17
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bunting
Barham in 1918.
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Dressed overall
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dressed overall - two funnels
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Barham
Believed to date from about 1915
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Barham in 1918
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Barham from the forecastle
said to be about 1918.
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Barham & Malaya in 1918
Taken from HMS Valiant in the Firth of Forth - the Forth Railway...
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Barham 1919
HMS Barham and HMS Valiant taken from HMS Malaya en route to Southend...
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Barham visits Bournemouth, 1919
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The reverse of the previous postcard
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Barham in about 1919
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Southend July 1919
Flagship of the Second Battle Squadron V.A. Sir Arthur C. Leveson,...
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1914? (see subsequent photo)
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Barham in Weymouth Bay, c. 1920
Published by Kestin of Weymouth. Same as previous photo.
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Barham at Scapa Flow
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Royal Naval Review - 26 July 1924
Barham at bottom right. From Jon Summers: "Showing HMS Queen Elizabeth,...
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Barham 2 funnels
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Barham two funnelled
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Two funnels - postcard
By Abrahams of Devonport.
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two men focsle
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Malta
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HMS Barham, Gibraltar, 1923
Coaling station to the left, HMS Waputo immediately astern.
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HMS Barham
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Barham
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minus stern
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HMS Barham in peacetime
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HMS Barham
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two funnels
Published by E.T.W. Dennis
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R. Perkins stamped on reverse.
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Barham in the Irish Sea 1923
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1922 barham postcard
In-house postcard for use by the ship's company showing views of...
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At the Spithead Review 1924
photographic postcard of the Queen Elizabeth class battleship HMS Barham,...
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Spithead Review
"This is an an impressive picture of the sailors on HMS Barham...
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1924 Spithead Review
Fleet dispositions
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At Rapalo 1925
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Nb concentration dials on the 2nd funnel and training scales on 'B'...
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Naples
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HMS Barham at Naples
Mount Vesuvius in the background.
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HMS Barham at Spezia, Italy
"where the Greek premier spent his last holiday before being arrested."
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HMS Barham in Spezia Harbour
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HMS Barham at Trieste
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HMS Barham in the Mediterranean off Villefranche sur Mer, France,...
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Gibraltar to Malta 1925 - rough seas!
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Barham arriving at Malta 27/11/25
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2/25 Barham leaving Grand Harbour, Malta
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blurred
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postcard
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barham fuzzy
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barham fuzzy
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Valiant & Barham, Grand Harbour, 1926
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Pencil note on back - 'HMS Barham 1926'
View from bridge looking out over A and B turrets.
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1927
photo postcard 2nd battle squadron throw of shot at 1st battle squadron
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HMS Barham February-1929
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HMS Barham c1929
HMS Barham ship's crest: "On a field Blue, a Wyvern Gold...
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Wright & Logan photo 1930
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Barham in Malta
To the right of Barham is HMS Warspite, shortly after her first major...
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Another print of the same photo
Unfortunately I cannot decipher the date.
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Two funnel reflection
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Image3
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Image4
With the dual "concentration dials", or "range clocks" on her...
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With the dual "concentration dials", or "range clocks" on her...
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Image7
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Image8
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Pre-refit Barham
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pre-refit Barham
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Two funnels
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Two funnels
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from The Royal Navy in Focus '20-'29
Barham in Grand Harbour, Malta
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HMS Barham at Sierra Leone, 1920s
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Associated Photo Printers Ltd.No NX8
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Nice two funnel photo
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HMS Barham
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HMS Barham at Spalato in Spain. |
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