[richy_dong]

Very Un-Common footage from a WW2 news reel showing the end of the HMS Barham as she tips and explodes after being hit by a salvo of German torpedoes.

859 confirmed lives lost in this incident.If you look closely you can see the crew members,amazing piece of footage.

RIP,my respects.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Barham_%2804%29

HMS Barham (pennant number 04) was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy named after Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, built at the John Brown shipyards in Clydebank, Scotland, and launched in 1914. She was sunk during the Second World War on 25 November 1941 by the German submarine U-331.

[justthefacts]

Footnote: U-331 was sunk a year later by torpedo-bombers from HMS Formidable while attempting to surrender. Evidently the British didn't get the memo.

[Cumulonimbus]

Originally Posted by justthefacts ↗

Footnote: U-331 was sunk a year later by torpedo-bombers from HMS Formidable while attempting to surrender. Evidently the British didn't get the memo.

Payback's a bitch.

[Warack60]

This is the voice I always hear saying something racist like "Beware of the *****" in random old PSA's lol

[kellyhound]

never knew these nazi subs only hit one british battleship.
amazing explosion and footage.

[texastea]

It was all Winston Churchils fault. The shup should never have been deployed.

[meeb]

Yeah, the U-boats usually hit freight liners and troop carriers, sometimes risking to fight back against destroyers and battlecruisers.

[TargetX]

shipyardjay

https://www.documentingreality.com/f...r-date-218780/

Please don't bump up a shitload of month(s) old threads as it pushes down newer content down page 1 or onto page 2 and therefore not seen by people that visit the site once or twice a week and not reading this thread about chronological order.

Try to limit commenting on older vids to 2 a day. If you like the thread you can use the thanks button.

[philovan]

Originally Posted by justthefacts ↗

Footnote: U-331 was sunk a year later by torpedo-bombers from HMS Formidable while attempting to surrender. Evidently the British didn't get the memo.

They wouldn't have known at the time that they were bombing the sub which sank the Barham - that would only come out later when access to the German war records was obtained.

[HotPlate101]

Originally Posted by TargetX ↗

shipyardjay

https://www.documentingreality.com/f...r-date-218780/

Traffic keeps a forum alive and profitable.
I don't usually bump old threads but I'm not a fan of that guideline because I'd never see videos from 10 years ago unless they get bumped.