BARHAM

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

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Ship Class

Queen Elizabeth

Grouping

5th Battle Squadron

Command

Battle Cruiser Fleet (temporarily from GF)

Builder's Yard

John Brown, Clydebank. Yard 424

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

24.02.1913

Launch Date

31.10.1914

Completed date

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Commission date

19.10.1915

Year laid down

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Year launched

1915

Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

04

Photo Details

In Scapa Flow

Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

Torpedoed by U-331 on 25.11.1941 coast of Sidi Barrani, Egypt. Exploded with massive force. 841 were killed out of a crew of 1,184.

Jutland result

Fired 337 15" and 25 6" shells during Jutland Received 5 12" and 1 11" enemy hits. Between HMS Valiant and HMS Barham, they made 23-24 hits on enemy ships, a phenomenal record. Max speed in the Run South was 24.5 knots.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Arthur W. Craig (Flying the Flag of Rear-Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas, M.V.O.)

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

1,124 - 1,184

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

26

Wounded

46

Prisoners

72

Displacement full Load (tons)

33,000

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

643.3

Length (mtrs)

196.06

Beam (ft)

104

Beam (mtrs)

32

Draught (ft)

33

Draught (mtrs)

10

Max. Speed (knots)

25

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

15,900 12.5 kts

Fuel

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Propulsion

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Armour Main Belt

13" - 6

Deck Armour

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Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

Dreyer Table Mk 1V, Dreyer Turret Control Table

Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

15" BL Mk 1 guns

No. Primary Turrets

4

Guns (No.barrels)

8

Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

1920

Primary Broadside Weight

15360

Secondary Gun Calibre

6" BL Mk XII guns

Guns (No.barrels) 2

16

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

2 x QF 3" 20 cwt AA guns

Elevation (degrees)

20

Gunnery Range (yards)

24400

Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21" Whitehead

No. tubes

4

Torpedo Type MM

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No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

submerged

References & sources

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