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    Der Untergang der HMS Barham, 1941 (HD).

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    1. giddybob on

      Incredible footage. Never thought I’d see ww2 footage in this quality

    3. Express-Fisherman602 on

      There’s so much going on in this clip. The men jumping over the railing, climbing over the sides, and then a massive explosion, all in HD from 83 years ago. Crazy.

    4. Dull-Strategy3810 on

      Was sunk after being hit by 3 torpedos of u-331(which made it home, not knowing it had sunk the ship) in the med. 862 people died due to the sinking/explosion and, from what i gathered, around 500 were saved from the water.

    6. legallylivingforfree on

      Its gives so much life now that its colored. Almost like this war happened yesterday

    8. cpthornman on

      I’ve only seen the original clip so to see this cleaned up like this is quite surreal. I think that’s why these most recent wars have really effected the public because the footage is all being captured in 4k.

    12. Harrytheboat on

      This video never ceases to amaze and horrify, that section of hull that blew out had hundreds of men scrambling over it. Most of whom probably thought they’d got away with it.

    13. tombalol on

      I wonder if you have a greater chance of surviving the blast on the remains of the ship (but shielded from the blast) or in the water?

    14. Vogel-Kerl on

      862 lives lost….. The aft magazine blew up just 4 minutes after being torpedoed.

      Damn…. Even if you weren’t injured during the attack; having less than 4 minutes to get off the ship–the ship that had capsized ~90′ to port: so trying to get to the starboard side to get off the ship required **climbing** **UP** would have been difficult, if not totally disorientating.

      That’s assuming you were NOT required to stay at your battle station until commanded to abandon ship. I’m sure the ship had set Condition Zebra (or the British equivalent) which means all water-tight hatches, doors & scuttles were sealed.

      Unless the attack was completely devastating–and it was–having your ship “zipped-up” would give you the best chances of staying afloat and allowing sailors to coordinate damage control and evacuation (& rescue).

      Sometimes the odds are stacked-up against you.

    16. GeneHackman1980 on

      Amazing footage indeed. Honestly I think the magazine blowing up was a blessing for those guys. Can’t imagine the terror within the ship for those 4 minutes.

    18. Did_I_Studder on

      My wife’s grandfather survived this. This was the third ship he had been on that was torpedoed. When they brought him and other survivors to the US, he was asking to get assigned to another ship that was in port in NYC but they told him to chill out.

      That ship was also torpedoed enroute to Britain and no one survived.

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