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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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