HMS Hotspur (H01)
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HMS Hotspur was an H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 the ship spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockad
HMS Hotspur AWM 302405
Hotspur's bell
HMS Barham (04)
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HMS Barham was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Completed in 1915, she was often used as a flagship and participated in the Battle of Jutl
HMS Hotspur (H01)
…1941 and also hunted for French submarines. From July to November, Hotspur escorted convoys to Tobruk On 25 November, she was escorting the battleship Barham when that ship was torpedoed by German submarine U-331. Hotspur and the other escorting destroyers rescued 451 men. The ship escorted the light cruiser…
Barham underway at low speed, mid-1930s
Aerial view of Barham in Scapa Flow, 1917
Barham leading Malaya and the aircraft carrier Argus in the late-1920s
Barham in the Mediterranean