HMS Barham under construction at John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland.

HMS Barham, HMS Malaya and HMS Argus during exercises in the Mediterranean off the Balearic Islands.

HMS Barham seen after her 1931-34 reconstruction.

HMS Barham seen in the 1930's in the Mediterranean Sea seen from HMS Effingham.

(Photo by Able Seaman William "Bill" Patten RN courtesy of John Patten)

September 1, 1936: HMS Barham at Malta.