Germany claiming sinking British battleship [HMS Barham] by German submarine according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwsblad van het Noorden dated 29 December 1939

Queen Elizabeth-class

An item dated Berlin, Germany 29th referred to a statement of the chief in command of the German armed forces reporting that a German submarine sunk west of Scotland a British battleship of the Queen Elizabeth-class.(1)

Note
1. The HMS Barham was torpedoed by the German submarine U-30 on 28 December 1939 when patrolling off the Butt of Lewis, buts she able to reach Birkenhead, England. Of the Queen Elizabeth-class consisting of the Queen Elizabeth, Malaya, Warspite, Valiant, Barham, Malaya and the in 1914 cancelled Agincourt. Preceded by the Iron Duke-class and succeeded by the Revenge-class. Pennant 04. Laid down at John Brown, Clydebank, Scotland on 24 February 1913, launched on 31 October 1914, commissioned on 19 October 1915, modernized 1921-1922, November 1924-January 1925, begin 1928 and January 1931-January 1934 and sunk in the Mediterranean after leaving Alexandria, Egypt on the 24th taking with her 862 men after she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-311 on 25 November 1941. Building costs 2.470.113 pond sterling.