This is a Scale Model Kit, Paint and Glue are not included.
HMS Barham was a British battleship laid down in 1913, launched in October 1914, and commissioned in the Royal Navy in October 1915. The total length of the ship was 196 meters, width 31.7 meters, and a full displacement of 33,000 tons. The maximum speed of battleship Barham was around 25-26 knots. The main armament at the time of the launch was eight 381 mm guns in four twin turrets. The secondary armament consists of 14 152 mm guns, 2 76 mm guns and 4 533 mm torpedo tubes.
HMS Barham was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships. Battleships of this type were built just before the outbreak of World War I, as a British response to the rapid naval armament of the Second German Reich. They are often referred to as super-dreadnoughts - for the first time in the history of the navy, 381 mm artillery with 42-caliber barrels was used on them, and for the first time battleships reached a speed of about 25 knots. Many of the solutions used on this type were reflected in later British battleships. All ships of the Queen Elizabeth class also underwent significant modifications in the interwar period: first of all, they received new engine rooms, better and more efficient boilers, their armor was thickened, the profile of superstructures was changed and the anti-aircraft artillery was significantly expanded. Thanks to these upgrades, these ships were not inferior to other German or Italian battleships, as well as many Japanese battleships - with the exception of the Yamato class. The battleship HMS Barham was built at the John Brown shipyard in Clydebank. From the moment he entered service, he entered the Grand Fleet. In 1916 he took part in the Battle of Jutland, receiving five or six hits in its course. Until the end of World War I, HMS Barham did not come into combat contact with the enemy. In the interwar period, it operated either in the Atlantic or the Mediterranean. At the outbreak of World War II, he was transferred to the Home Fleet, starting the conflict with little luck, with a mistakenly rammed by a British destroyer. In September 1940 he operated in the Dakar area supporting the Free French operations. Later, the battleship joined the British fleet stationed in Gibraltar and covered several convoys heading towards Malta. In March 1941 he took an active part in the Battle of Cape Matapan, and in May he operated in the area of Crete. HMS Barham was sunk on November 25, 1941 by the German U-331 in the Mediterranean Sea.
