HMS Formidable

HMS Formidable

At least six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Formidable".

*"Formidable" was an 80-gun ship of the line captured from the French at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759.

*HMS|Formidable|1777|2 was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line which fought at the Battle of Ushant (1778) and served as Rodney's flagship at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782.

*"Formidable" was a 74-gun ship of the line, captured from the French in 1795, and renamed HMS "Belleisle.

*HMS|Formidable|1825|2 was an 84-gun ship of the line, built in 1825 and sold in 1906.

*HMS|Formidable|1898|2 was the lead ship of her class of predreadnought battleship. She was torpedoed on 1 January 1915, the third British battleship to be sunk during the First World War, and the second by enemy action. The wreck site is designated as a controlled site under the Protection of Military Remains Act.

*HMS|Formidable|R67|2 was an "Illustrious"-class aircraft carrier launched in 1939 and scrapped in 1956.

See also

* French ship "Formidable"


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