named HMS Formidable with a fifth, the French Formidable, renamed HMS Ham after being captured and recommissioned; a sixth has been announced: HMS Ham (1759)...
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HMS Formidable was an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier ordered for the Royal Navy before the Second World War. After being completed in late 1940, she...
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HMS Formidable, the third of four ships of that name to serve in the Royal Navy, was the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships. The ship...
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ship Formidable (1795), an 80-gun ship of the line French ironclad Formidable, launched 1885 HMS Formidable, five ships, including: HMS Formidable (1777)...
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HMS Formidable was a 98-gun second rate man-of-war serving the Royal Navy. She was launched on 20 August 1777 at Chatham Dockyard. She had a fitted weight...
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National Nautical School (section HMS Formidable)
in 1869 for destitute and neglected boys of Bristol. It was based on HMS Formidable moored off the shore from 1870 until 1906. It then used a purpose built...
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HMS Formidable was an 84-gun second rate of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 May 1825 at Chatham Dockyard. With a crew of 700 she was one of the Navy's largest...
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without outside assistance, it was a laborious task. In early 1843, HMS Formidable was careened at Malta Dockyard to carry out repairs after the ship had...
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disbanding during the same year, in October. The group was embarked on HMS Formidable (67). The 2nd Carrier Air Group consisted of a number of squadrons of...
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been replaced by HMS Formidable. The Allied force was the British Mediterranean fleet, consisting of the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable and three Queen...
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1 January 1915, the crew of Provident BM291 rescued 71 sailors from HMS Formidable, torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat in the English Channel during...
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Vergé. HMS Resolution captured her at the battle and the Admiralty commissioned her in the Royal Navy as the Third Rate HMS Formidable. Formidable was broken...
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February 1941, HMS Leander sank the Italian merchant raider Ramb I west of the Maldives. 1 March 1941: Five Fairey Albacore from HMS Formidable raided Massawa...
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HMS Formidable is a Type 31 frigate of the Royal Navy and the sixth vessel named after the word formidable. In May 2021, the names of the five planned...
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able to land. On 9 May, Formidable was again damaged by a kamikaze, as were the carrier HMS Victorious and the battleship HMS Howe. The British were able...
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battleships intended for overseas duties: the two Centurion-class battleships and HMS Renown. The nine Majestic-class battleships followed as refinements of White's...
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United Kingdom. There are two carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, currently in service. HMS Unicorn was an aircraft repair ship and...
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Ensign. Formidable was accompanied by three 98-gun ships: HMS Barfleur (commanded by Hood), HMS Prince George, and HMS Duke, plus the 90-gun HMS Namur....
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HMS Warspite was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Completed during the First World War in...
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World War I HMS Britannia HMS Cornwallis French battleship Danton HMS Formidable Gaulois Russian battleship Peresvet HMS Majestic Italian battleship Regina...
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HMS Ark Royal (pennant number 91) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that was operated during the Second World War. Designed in 1934 to fit the...
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was first captain of HMS Dreadnought, between 1801 and 1802. Previously, he had commanded Alert (1781), Europa (1786), and Formidable. Washington's Vashon...
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F4U Corsair fighter and in 1944 he was assigned to 1841 NAS, based on HMS Formidable. From August 24–29, 1944, he took part in the unsuccessful Operation...
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610-ton HMS Chatsgrove (X85) ex-Royal Navy P-class sloop PC-74 built 1918 5,072-ton HMS Maunder (X28) ex-King Gruffyd built 1919 4,443-ton HMS Prunella...
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U-24 sighted the British battleship HMS Formidable on manoeuvres in the English Channel and torpedoed her. Formidable sank with the loss of 547 of her crew...
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Enigma machine. Formidable, named after the World War II-era aircraft carrier HMS Formidable, represents carrier operations. Formidable took part in the...
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this ship led to severe depth-charging by two British warships, including HMS Gladiolus. Unable to dive, U-26 was forced to surface where she was bombed...
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shore bases, as well as providing convoy escort for the rest of 1940. HMS Formidable's 826 and 829 Squadrons were the first to operate the Albacore from an...
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World War I HMS Britannia HMS Cornwallis French battleship Danton HMS Formidable Gaulois Russian battleship Peresvet HMS Majestic Italian battleship Regina...
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self-propelled torpedo. On 22 September, U-9 sank the armoured cruisers HMS Aboukir, HMS Cressy, and HMS Hogue. As a result, the British Grand Fleet had to withdraw...
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