What Barham's wreck might reveal

Has HMS Barham's wreck been found, and could it resolve the cause of the explosion?

Its approximate deep-water loss area was known, but the wreck had not been precisely located or explored in this account. A detailed survey of the forward wreckage might clarify the explosion sequence.

Tracks and observations from the surrounding formation constrain Barham's approximate loss area. The wreck had not been precisely located or explored in the account given here, and the estimated depth is roughly 4,000 meters. Major hull sections may survive amid a widely scattered debris field. The amount of surviving forward structure could help test whether the destruction involved a magazine alone or both a boiler and a magazine. That proposed test would require a detailed survey with expensive deep-water equipment.