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HMS Barglow
Class overview
Operators
Completed74
General characteristics [1]
TypeBoom defence vessel
Displacement533 long tons (542 t)
Length41.14 m (135 ft 0 in)
Beam7.77 m (25 ft 6 in)
Draught3.81 m (12 ft 6 in)
Speed9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)
Complement30
Armament1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun

The Bar class were a class of boom defence vessels of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy during World War II.

Ships

Royal Navy

  • HMS Barbain (Z01)
  • HMS Barbarian (Z18)
  • HMS Barbastel (Z276)
  • HMS Barberry (Z257)
  • HMS Barbette (I)
  • HMS Barbette (II) (Z242)
  • HMS Barbican (Z43)
  • HMS Barbour (Z169)
  • HMS Barbourne (Z170)
  • HMS Barbrake (Z173)
  • 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 at Singapore, early in World War II
  • 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)
  • HMS Barflake (Z184) (lost 22 November 1943)
  • HMS Barnstone (Z37)
  • HMS Barova (Z94) (built by Charles Hill & Sons)

Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Kangaroo in 1947
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

Surviving Ships

  • SAS Somerset is a museum ship in South Africa
  • HMAS Karangi is the only survivor on the RAN fleet in Homebush Bay as an abandoned wreck.

References

Notes
  1. ^ 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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Jentschura, Jung, Mickel: Warships of the IJN 1869-1945
Bibliography
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