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HMS Formidable Loss Assessed

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1915Date range
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Chronological records

1915

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill1 January 1915

English Channel · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Admiralty assesses the loss of HMS Formidable after the battleship is torpedoed by U-24.

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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