The Bar class were a class of boom defence vessels of the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy and South African Navy during World War II.
 HMS Barglow
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators | |
| Completed | 74 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Boom defence vessel |
| Displacement | 533 long tons (542 t) |
| Length | 41.14 m (135 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 7.77 m (25 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 3.81 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
| Complement | 30 |
| Armament | 1 × 12-pounder gun |
Ships
editRoyal Navy
edit- HMS Barbain (Z01)
- HMS Barbarian (Z18)
- HMS Barbastel (Z276)
- HMS Barberry (Z257)
- HMS Barbette (1937) (Sold to the Turkish Navy 3 March 1941)
- HMS Barbette (Z242) (Broken up October 1965 in Belgium)
- HMS Barbican (Z43)
- HMS Barbour (Z169)
- HMS Barbourne (Z170)
- HMS Barbrake (Z173) (transferred to the South African Naval Forces in 1943)
- HMS Barbridge (Z222)
- HMS Barbrook (Z03)
- HMS Barcarole (Z287)
- HMS Barcastle (Z09)
- HMS Barcliff (Z70)
- HMS Barclose (Z174)
- HMS Barcock (Z177)
- HMS Barcombe (Z16)
- HMS Barcote (Z52)
- HMS Barcroft (Z22)
- HMS Bardell (Z195)
- HMS Bardolf (Z171)
- HMS Barfair (Z31)
- HMS Barfield (Z42)
- HMS Barfoam (Z182)
- HMS Barfoil (Z194)
- HMS Barfoot (Z202)
- HMS Barford (Z209)
- HMS Barfoss (Z200)
- HMS Barfount (Z190)
- HMS Barglow (Z205)
- HMS Barhill (Z225)
- HMS Barholm (Z211)
- HMS Barilla (Z17)
- HMS Baritone (Z271)
- HMS Barking (Z181)
- HMS Barkis (Z277)
- HMS Barlake (Z39)
- HMS Barlane (Z48)
- HMS Barleycorn (Z256)
- HMS Barlight (Z57) (scuttled 19 December 1941, salvaged by IJN as Ma.101, after war to China[2])
- HMS Barlow (Z60)
- HMS Barmill (Z67)
- HMS Barmond (Z232)
- HMS Barmouth (Z77)
- HMS Barnaby (Z237)
- HMS Barnard (Z241)
- HMS Barndale (Z92)
- HMS Barneath (Z245)
- HMS Barnehurst (Z84)
- HMS Baron (Z262)
- HMS Baronia (Z87) (built by Charles Hill & Sons)
- HMS Barrage (Z54)
- HMS Barranca (Z65)
- HMS Barrhead (Z40)
- HMS Barricade (Z83)
- HMS Barrier (Z98)
- HMS Barrington (Z59)
- HMS Barrymore (Z73)
- HMS Barsing (Z75)
- HMS Barsound (Z89)
- HMS Barspear (Z224)
- HMS Barstoke (Z32)
- HMS Barthorpe (Z95)
- HMS Bartizan (Z261)
- HMS Barwell (Z46)
- HMS Barwind (Z58)
- HMS Barcross (Z185), transferred to the South African Naval Forces in 1943.
- HMS Barflake (Z184) (lost 22 November 1943)
- HMS Barnstone (Z37)
- HMS Barova (Z94) (built by Charles Hill & Sons)
Royal Australian Navy
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| Name | Ship builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| HMAS Koala | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Sydney | 14 November 1939 | Sold in 1969 |
| HMAS Kangaroo | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Sydney | 4 May 1940 | Sold in 1967 |
| HMAS Karangi | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Sydney | 16 August 1941 | Sold in 1966 |
South African Navy
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| Name | Ship builder | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAS Somerset (ex HMS Barcross) | Blythe S.B. Co | 21 January 1943 | Decommissioned 31 March 1986. Museum ship, Cape Town from 2 September 1988 until scrapping in April 2024[3] |
| SAS Fleur (ex HMS Barbrake) | William Simons & Co, Renfrew, Scotland) | 15 February 1943 | Sunk by naval gunfire off Simonstown on 8 October 1965[3] |
Surviving ships
edit- HMAS Karangi is the only survivor on the RAN fleet in Homebush Bay as an abandoned wreck.
Citations
edit- ^ Richard Pelvin with Robert Darby. "Australian War Memorial : Know your warships!" (PDF). www.awm.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ Jentschura, Jung, Mickel: Warships of the IJN 1869-1945
- ^ a b Du Toit 1992, p. 144.
References
edit- http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=326
- http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=372&navy=HMS
- Du Toit, Allan (1992). South Africa's Fighting Ships: Past and Present. Rivonia, South Africa: Ashanti Publishing. ISBN 1-874800-50-2.