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Four ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Formidable''''' with a fifth, the French "Formidable", renamed HMS ''Ham'' after being captured and recommissioned: |
Four ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Formidable''''' with a fifth, the French "Formidable", renamed HMS ''Ham'' after being captured and recommissioned: |
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* ''HMS Ham 1759'' was the 80-gun [[second rate]] [[French ship Formidable (1751)|''Formidable'']] captured from the French at the [[Battle of Quiberon Bay]] in 1759. Broken up in 1768. |
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* {{HMS|Formidable|1777}} was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1777. She fought at the [[Battle of Ushant (1778)|Battle of Ushant]] and the [[Battle of the Saintes]], was converted to a 74-gun [[third rate]] in 1813, and broken up later that year. |
* {{HMS|Formidable|1777}} was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1777. She fought at the [[Battle of Ushant (1778)|Battle of Ushant]] and the [[Battle of the Saintes]], was converted to a 74-gun [[third rate]] in 1813, and broken up later that year. |
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* {{HMS|Formidable|1825}} was an 84-gun second rate launched in 1825. She was lent as a [[training ship]] in 1869 and was sold in 1906. |
* {{HMS|Formidable|1825}} was an 84-gun second rate launched in 1825. She was lent as a [[training ship]] in 1869 and was sold in 1906. |
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Revision as of 06:14, 25 August 2020
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Formidable with a fifth, the French "Formidable", renamed HMS Ham after being captured and recommissioned:
- HMS Ham 1759 was the 80-gun second rate Formidable captured from the French at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759. Broken up in 1768.
- HMS Formidable (1777) was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1777. She fought at the Battle of Ushant and the Battle of the Saintes, was converted to a 74-gun third rate in 1813, and broken up later that year.
- HMS Formidable (1825) was an 84-gun second rate launched in 1825. She was lent as a training ship in 1869 and was sold in 1906.
- HMS Formidable (1898) was a Template:Sclass- predreadnought battleship launched in 1898 and torpedoed and sunk in 1915.
- HMS Formidable (67) was an Template:Sclass- launched in 1939 and sold for scrap in 1953.
See also
- French ship Formidable
- HMS Belleisle (1795), a former French ship named Formidable.
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