HMS Formidable (1825)

































HMS 'Formidable' (1825) at Sheerness, December 1850 Study (detail) RMG PZ0853-002.jpg
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 12 in (16.0 m) (16 m)
Depth of hold:
22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion:
Sails
Sail plan:
Full rigged ship
Armament:
  • 84 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades

  • Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs

  • Quarterdeck: 6 × 24 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades

  • Forecastle: 2 × 24 pdrs, 4 × 32 pdr carronades


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




  1. ^ abc Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p190.


  2. ^ "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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