NIGEL Posted 21 January , 2004 Share Posted 21 January , 2004 I may have a link for one of my relatives being on or at this vessel--HMS FORMIDABLE ---was this a training school or a navel ship if so what kind,---the address is given as----off Portishead Bristol Channel-------this was pre 1914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Seymour Posted 21 January , 2004 Share Posted 21 January , 2004 HMS Formidable, battleship, 15,000 tons, 400by75 ft, 4-12", 12-6", 18-12pdr., Portsmouth DY 17/11/1898. Sunk 1/1/1915 by U 24 off Portland Bill. There is a picture of her in the 1906-7 Janes. Sorry, no scanner! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmilford Posted 22 January , 2004 Share Posted 22 January , 2004 A couple of pictures on the web: http://www.navyphotos.co.uk/formidable%20bat.htm http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmore/brit...formidable.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGEL Posted 22 January , 2004 Author Share Posted 22 January , 2004 thanks for the info you pair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Coulson Posted 22 January , 2004 Share Posted 22 January , 2004 Nigel, One of my local memorial men was on HMS Formidable. The squadron were sailing in line through Lyme Bay returning from exercises when in bright moonlight at 2-30am on January 1st 1915 she was hit by two torpedoes fired by U-24 commanded by Oberleutenant Rudolf Schneider. Out of a crew of 780, 547 men perished. Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted 23 January , 2004 Share Posted 23 January , 2004 Nigel You will find the following documents at the PRO regarding her. This is the stuff available from 1905 onwards. ADM 53 files are the ship's logs. ADM 116/1437A Loss of H.M.S. FORMIDABLE 1915 ADM 178/1 Report of punishment of naval prisoner undergoing detention in Military Detention Barracks, Gibraltar; ordinary Seaman T M Richardson HMS Formidable 1912 ADM 178/33 Loss of HMS Formidable: Request by Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayley for court martial 1915-1919 ADM 53/21009 FORMIDABLE 1904 Oct. 1 - 1905 Sept. 23 ADM 53/21010 FORMIDABLE 1905 Sept. 24 - 1906 Oct. 1 ADM 53/21011 FORMIDABLE 1906 Oct. 2 - 1907 Sept. 23 ADM 53/21012 FORMIDABLE 1907 Sept. 24 - 1908 Aug. 17 ADM 53/21013 FORMIDABLE 1909 Apr. 20 - 1910 Apr. 10 ADM 53/21014 FORMIDABLE 1910 Apr. 11 - 1911 Mar. 29 ADM 53/21015 FORMIDABLE 1911 Mar. 30 - 1911 Apr. 3 ADM 53/21016 FORMIDABLE 1911 Apr. 1 - 1912 Dec. 31 ADM 53/42010 FORMIDABLE 1913 Jan. 1 - 1914 Mar. 31 ADM 53/42011 FORMIDABLE 1914 May 1 - 1914 May 31 ADM 53/42012 FORMIDABLE 1914 June 1 - 1914 June 30 ADM 53/42013 FORMIDABLE 1914 Sept. 1 - 1914 Nov. 30 Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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