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HMS Formidable (1825) (3rd)
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This the third ship to carry the name HMS Formidable was a third
rate, 74-gun ship-of-the-line. Built at Chatham Dockyard, launched 19-May-1825, 196ft long, 52ft 6in wide and of 2,289 tons builders measurement, 3,594 tons displacement. Built at Chatham Dockyard from frames captured on the stocks at Genoa, 18-Apr-1814, launched 19-May-1825. 178ft long,52ft 6in wide and of 2,289 tons builders measurement. This unusual construction was undertaken because supplies of good Oak were becoming scarce in Britain. Used as a training ship 17-Nov-1869. Sold 10-Jul-1906.
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