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HMS Formidable
Names and owners
Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | HMS Formidable | Royal Navy |
Fate
The pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Formidable was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-24, in the English Channel, on January 1st, 1915. Five hundred and forty-seven men were lost, including John Kelly of Hartlepool.
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