Bar-class Boom Defence Vessel

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.

Ships

Royal Navy

* 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 ChinaJentschura, Jung, Mickel: Warships of the IJN 1869-1945)
* 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)
* SAS Somerset, 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

South African Navy

Surviving ships

* is the only survivor on the RAN fleet in Homebush Bay as an abandoned wreck.

Citations

References

* http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=326
* http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=372&navy=HMS
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{{WWII British ships

World War II net laying ships
Auxiliary gateship classes
Boom defence vessels of the Royal Navy