#OTD in 1941, battleship HMS Barham capsized and exploded within four minues of being hit by three torpedoes fired by U-331. 862 sailors were killed. Miraculously, almost 400 men survived the violent explosion and were rescued. News of the sinking was kept secret for two months. | U.S. Naval Institute

On the 25th of November 1941, the British battleship HMS Barham was sunk by German U-boat U-331 in the Mediterranean Sea, off Egypt’s coast. Struck by three torpedoes, the ship exploded and sank in minutes, killing 862 of its 1,312 crew members. The attack, part of World War II’s naval campaign, was captured on dramatic newsreel footage, shocking Allied audiences. The loss highlighted the vulnerability of even mighty warships to submarine warfare. Britain delayed announcing the sinking to mainta

Queen Elizabeth-class battleship HMS Barham (04) explodes and sinks in the #Mediterranean after being struck by torpedoes from German submarine U-331 on November 25, 1941. #WWII #history | World War II History

HMS Barham (04) Explodes 25th November 1941 🌺🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🌺 On the afternoon of 25 November 1941, the 1st Battle Squadron, Barham, Queen Elizabeth, and Valiant, with an escort of eight destroyers, departed Alexandria to cover the 7th and 15th Cruiser Squadrons as they hunted for Italian convoys in the Central Mediterranean. The following morning, the German submarine U-331, commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen, detected the faint engine noises of the British ships an