HMS Barham Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been given the name HMS Barham in honour of Charles Middleton , 1st Baron Barham . These include : HMS Barham , launched in 1889 , was a third-class cruiser that served in the Mediterranean Fleet . Scrapped in 1914 . HMS Barham , launched in 1914 , was a Queen Elizabeth -class battleship sunk by a U-boat in 1941 . This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names . If an internal link for a specific ship referred you to this page , you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article , if one exists . Categories : Lists of ships | Royal Navy ship names In other languages : Polski | Italiano | Slovenščina 