The Pittsburgh Press (January 13, 1942)
Berlin, Jan. 13 – (official broadcast recorded in London by United Press)
A German submarine was reported by the official news agency today to have torpedoed and sunk the 31,100-ton British battleship Barham off Sollum on the Egyptian coast, last Nov. 26. The Barham in peacetime had a complement of 1,184 men but this presumably was increased for war.
London, Jan. 27 (UP) –
The Admiralty said today that the British battleship Barham was sunk Nov. 25.
The Admiralty said:
Loss of the ship was not announced earlier since it was clear at the time that the enemy did not know she had been sunk and it was important to make certain dispositions before the loss of the ship was made public.
It was understood that casualties resulting from the sinking of the 31,100-ton Barham totaled more than 500.
German and Italian communiqués several times haver claimed damage to or destruction of the Barham. Jan. 18 the official German news agency DNB said the Barham had been torpedoed and sunk off Sollum, Egypt, on Nov. 26. Today the German High Command said that the submarine which torpedoed the Barham was commanded by Commander Baron von Tiesenhausen.