newsreel footage of a torpedoed British battleship sinking
 

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...q=u-boat&hl=en

And another of the same: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...q=u-boat&hl=en

Now thats one big bang

The second link has the better footage. It's been shown around here before.

Ah yes HMS Barham

Some photos here

http://www.hmsbarham.com/ship/photos.php

Cold sea water and hot boilers are a volitle combination.

HMS Barham
 

I love that video and have it at home on my computer somewhere.:D Does anyone know if the wreck has ever been found? I imagine that it is not in good condition, to say the least.:doh:

I was poking around a bit, looking for articles on the Barham, and I came across this one from Wikipedia:

"There is an interesting footnote to this story; At a seance in Portsmouth in late November 1941, Helen Duncan, a Spiritualist medium from Callander, Scotland, announced that she had contacted a dead sailor who had told her that his ship, HMS Barham, had recently been sunk. Helen Duncan was not arrested in the aftermath of the Barham incident but later, when superstitious intelligence officers learned of the event, they feared that Duncan might reveal plans for the D-Day landings. She was convicted under the British Witchcraft Act of 1735 and sentenced to 9 months in prison."

Now you don't see that happening every day! :huh:

Munitions Detonation
 

The munitions bunker below the aft turrets brought about the detonation. She was ripped up through the Starboard hull and forward almost to the aft boilers.

Needless to say those that were trying to balance on her sideas she rolled met a quck demise. The better thing to do would have been to jump into the water but the roil from the screws aft was deadly as well. The ship was surrounded by freindlies but the U-Boat had not been found or attacked to allow resue operations.

Sad to see so many sailors lose their lives.

War is barbarity refined.....