Bar-class boom defence vessel
# 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 China)
* 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)
* 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

| Name | Ship builder | Launched | Fate |
| - | - | - | - |
| HMAS Koala | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Sydney | 14 November 1939 | Sold in 1969 |
| HMAS Kangaroo | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Sydney | 4 May 1940 | Sold in 1967 |
| HMAS Karangi | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Sydney | 16 August 1941 | Sold in 1966 |

### South African Navy

| Name | Ship builder | Commissioned | Fate |
| - | - | - | - |
| SAS Somerset (ex HMS Barcross) | Blythe S.B. Co | 21 January 1943 | Decommissioned 31 March 1986. Museum ship, Cape Town as from 2 September 1988 |
| SAS Fleur (ex HMS Barbrake) | William Simons & Co, Renfrew, Scotland) | 15 February 1943 | Sunk by naval gunfire off Simonstown on 8 October 1965 |

## Surviving ships

* SAS Somerset is a museum ship in South Africa
* HMAS Karangi is the only survivor on the RAN fleet in Homebush Bay as an abandoned wreck.

## Citations

* ↑ Richard Pelvin with Robert Darby. "Australian War Memorial : Know your warships!" (PDF). www.awm.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
* ↑ Jentschura, Jung, Mickel: Warships of the IJN 1869-1945
* 1 2 Du Toit 1992, p. 144.
