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700 messages posted to the guestbook Page: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] ( 48 ) [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] Add a message Search the guestbook for crew names   Robert Sneddon from 12 Aberdour Road Dunfermline. said... 09/01/2007  john sneddon John Sneddon was my uncle,a Marine on HMS Barham when it went down,I was wondering if someone out there has a photograph of him? V HOCKING from warwickshire said... 02/01/2007 At a collectors fair , I bought a gunnery manual dated 1918 ... name inside e d Morgan HMS BARHAM , any one any idea when he was on this ship ? 1918 is when the manual was printed colin from kent said... 29/12/2006 I am concerned about this person who sent this letter into a diver magazine. I am researching the sinking of HMS Duchess in the Irish Sea in 1939. Has the wreck been located and dived? I have no record of the Duchess being dived, but DIVER Tommy Cecil of Rathlin Island is said to have found the wreck. Three months after war was declared in September 1939, the 1375-ton destroyer Duchess and the 31,000-ton dreadnought-battleship Barham collided in fog on 12 December, 1939 in the North Channel, four miles north-east of Altacarry Head Lighthouse on Rathlin. The 326ft Duchess came off worse against the 643ft Barham. Her captain, Lt-Commander RC White, and five officers and 123 ratings were lost. Only one officer and 22 ratings were picked up after the destroyer sank. The Barham was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on 25 November, 1941, and sank in five minutes with a loss of 56 officers, 658 ratings and 134 marines. Only 300 of her crew were saved. This is the email I received from Mr Jones. My Great uncle went down with the Duchess and I think that this war grave should not be disturbed. I found your email address on a website forum and wonder if any of you can tell me about HMS Duchess and the people on board her. i ask this as i am gathering information to write a book on this forgotten tragedy. i currently posess one photo and a list of those who died. if anyone can be of help then i would be most grateful. i would very much like to dive the wreck too as a final chapter and bring this story to light. many thanks Rich Jones Alex Clarke from SHEFFIELD said... 19/12/2006  Harold Blackwell?Herbert Scaife My fathers best friend was lost on the Barham, his name was Harold Blackwell and his loss was reported to my father by Herbert Scaife who lived at woodseats in sheffield ,who also served on the Barham. My Brother is named Max after Harold Blackwells nickname Mac. Robert Hornshaw from Hull said... 03/12/2006  Robert Hornshaw my uncle survived the sinking but was killed in Alexandria while recovering , is their any one who new him? Andrew H Burton from Thousand Oaks California said... 03/12/2006  Andrew Edmond Hutton I have just added information about my Uncle, Andrew Edmond Hutton who went down with the Barham. Tank you Andrew Gillespie and the association crew who must have worked all night to upload the information. Susan Sweeney from Glasgow said... 29/11/2006  David Coulter My great uncle David Coulter was on Barham when it sunk in 1941. He had a friend i think his name was Tommy? (dont have surname) but i know he was from Wales. If anyone has information on him please let me know as my mum was born after he died and we dont know much. Though i do have a picture of him with Tommy. Stuart Naisbitt from Isle of Man said... 26/11/2006 Hello just thought I\'d write this on behalf of my Granddad: (David Turner) this was copied from a message he had written. In the winter of 1989 I found the name plate of the BARHAM; it washed up after a severe storm and high tides which hit the estuary of the river Wyre, Knott End Fleetwood. Shirley Gaston from Cressage, Shropshire said... 25/11/2006  Alfred John Gaston Martin Coles mentions Victory 1 in his message. My dad served also on Victory in 1919, 1922-24, 1925-26, 1928-29 and 1935-36 with no indication in his records as to whether it was a land base or no. Barbara Summerell from No. 68499 said... 22/11/2006  Richard Thomas Hayes My father was Ordinary Seaman Richard Thomas Hayes who died on the Barham. He was 27 years old. I was 19 months old. My mother never re-married. Our guestbook is now closed for new messages. Thank you for your support. 01/01/2025

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