HMS Barham

HMS Barham - Christmas 1940

However, on Christmas Eve, I met with Hearson ashore and we had a quiet evening enjoying good food and...

HMS Barham - Last Post

The airmail letters do not have sufficient advantage over the sea route to make their regular use justified...

HMS Barham - With Force "H": Part 1

Following a two-month spell at Scapa Flow during the summer of 1940, HMS Barham sailed to Freetown, Sierra...

HMS Barham - With Force "H": Part 2

Following a two-month spell at Scapa Flow during the summer of 1940, HMS Barham sailed to Freetown, Sierra...

HMS Barham - With Force "H": Part 3

Following a two-month spell at Scapa Flow during the summer of 1940, HMS Barham sailed to Freetown, Sierra...

HMS Barham - Period Between Bardia and Matapan

HMS Barham — Period Between Bardia and Matapan, 1941....

HMS Barham - Churchill's Inspiration

There is something of the boy in Winston Churchill; he loves to tease and anger his opponents; one can...

HMS Barham - Lead up to Matapan

Notable amongst the lucky airmailers are Jasu Pitts, Brian Stringer, Nuts Brodrick and Gerald Ellison(2)....

HMS Barham - Battle of Matapan

3 enemy cruisers, 2 large destroyers sunk and one battleship damaged, about 1,500 “Italians”...

HMS Barham: Repairs at Durban

HMS Barham — Repairs in Durban....

HMS Barham - Back in the Mediterranean

HMS Barham — Back in the Mediterranean. After two months undergoing repairs in Durban, South Africa,...

HMS Barham - Last Two Months

These letters were written after Barham had been back in the Mediterranean about a month after returning...

HMS Barham - Last Month

In the same way, if the body is widely burned, the burned parts throw out great amounts of plasma which are...