HMS Barham (04)
Service
- as Barham19 October 1915 — 25 November 1941816 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Barham
- Pennant / hull number
- 04
- Namesake
- Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham
- Builder
- John Brown & Company, Clydebank
- Laid down
- 24 February 1913
- Launched
- 31 December 1914
- Commissioned
- 19 October 1915
- Fate
- Sunk near Egypt, 25 November 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 32,590 long tons (33,113 t)
- Length
- 195.99 m (643 ft)
- Beam
- 27.43 m (90 ft)
- Draught
- 10.06 m (33 ft)
- Speed
- 24 knots (44.4 km/h, 27.6 mph)
- Range
- 5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
- Complement
- 1,016
- Main gun
- 381 mm (15 in)
HMS Barham was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number 04. The ship was named after Admiral Charles Middleton. Her keel was laid at John Brown & Company, Clydebank on 24 February 1913. She entered service on 19 October 1915, having been launched on 31 December 1914.
She was one of five ships of her class. The class followed the Iron Duke-class battleship and was succeeded by the Revenge-class battleship.
Displacement was 32,590 long tons. She measured 196.0 m (643 ft) long with a beam of 27.4 m (90 ft). Her designed speed was 24 knots, and she carried a complement of 1,016.
Her main battery was eight 381 mm (15 in) guns in four twin mountings. 56,000 shp drove four shafts.
She was in commission for 816 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 25 November 1941, at 32°34′N 26°24′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 shafts; 2 steam turbine sets
- Power
- 24 Yarrow boilers
- 56000 shp
- Armament
- 4 × twin 15 in guns
- 14 × single 6 in guns
- 2 × single 3 in 20 cwt AA guns
- 4 × 21 in torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Waterline belt: 13 in
- Deck: 1 - 3 in
- Barbettes: 7 - 10 in
- Gun turrets: 11 - 13 in
- Conning tower: 13 in
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Barham (04) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command — Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. Transfer was stated to be made by User:Wojo overkill — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons