HMS Formidable was an Illustrious -class aircraft carrier ordered for the Royal Navy before the Second World War. After being completed in late 1940, she was briefly assigned to the Home Fleet before …

HMS Formidable, which had replaced Illustrious in the Mediterranean on 10 March 1941, was herself bombed and badly damaged on 26 May, though she was able to make Alexandria under her own …

British aircraft carrier HMS Formidable, in the Red Sea awaiting transit through the Suez Canal while it was swept for mines, launched 7 Albacore aircraft to attack the harbor of Massawa, Eritrea, Italian …

HMS Formidable was an Illustrious class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy during World War II. She was constructed by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, and launched on 17 August 1939.

Throughout her career HMS Formidable operated mainly in the Mediterranean, where she, suffered bomb damage that kept her out of action. Her initial role was to accompany a convoy to Capetown …

Dec 9, 2025 · The past met the future in Rosyth as the third of the Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates begins to take shape. The keel of HMS Formidable has been laid in a ceremony merging naval tradition with …

HMS Formidable was an Illustrious -class aircraft carrier ordered for the Royal Navy before the Second World War. After being completed in late 1940, she was briefly assigned to the Home Fleet before …

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 Formidable -class predreadnought …

HMS Formidable is a Type 31 frigate of the Royal Navy and the sixth vessel named after the word formidable. [9] In May 2021, the names of the five planned Type 31 ships were announced by the …

HMS Formidable was an Illustrious -class aircraft carrier ordered for the Royal Navy before the Second World War. After being completed in late 1940, she was briefly assigned to the Home Fleet before …