HMS Formidable (1825)
![]() Formidable at Sheerness in December 1850 | |
History | |
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Name: | HMS Formidable |
Ordered: | 8 May 1815 |
Builder: | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down: | October 1819 |
Launched: | 19 May 1825 |
Fate: | Sold, 1906 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type: | Canopus-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen: | 2289 bm |
Length: | 193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck) |
Beam: | 52 ft 4 1⁄2 in (16.0 m) (16 m) |
Depth of hold: | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Armament: |
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HMS Formidable was an 84-gun second rate of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 May 1825 at Chatham Dockyard.[1]
In 1869 Formidable became a training ship, at the National Nautical School in Portishead,[2] and she was sold out of the navy in 1906.[1]

Formidable careened in Malta Dockyard, 31 January 1843
Archives
Records of the National Nautical School are held at Bristol Archives (Ref. 38087) (online catalogue).
Notes
^ abc Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p190.
^ "BTS Formidable and the National Nautical School". Fedden Village. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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