HMS Formidable

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

• The first HMS Formidable was an 80-gun ship of the line captured from the French at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759.

• The second HMS Formidable 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.

• HMS Formidable (1898) was the lead ship of her class of battleship. She was torpedoed on January 1, 1915, the first battleship to be sunk during the First World War. The wreck site is designated as a controlled site under the Protection of Military Remains Act.

• HMS Formidable (R67) was an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier launched in 1939 and scrapped in 1956.