The Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were a group of five dreadnoughts built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s. These battleships were superior in firepower, protection and speed to their Royal Nav
Queen Elizabeth in her original configuration at Lemnos, 24 April 1915
Right plan and elevation drawing from Brassey's Naval Annual 1923; the shaded areas represent the ships' armour plating
Queen Elizabeth c. 1918 showing the two aft port secondary casemates plated over
Forecastle deck gun as added to all ships in 1915–1916, here seen on Warspite after Jutland
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
Queen Elizabeth-class battleship
…in the 1919 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships as "the most successful type of capital ship yet designed." They saw much service in both world wars. Barham was lost to a U-boat attack in 1941, but the others survived the wars and were scrapped in the late 1940s. The early design history of the Queen Elizabeth…
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