Ship Record
HMS Formidable (1898)
Learn about HMS Formidable (1898), a Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleship.
HMS Formidable (1898) was a Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleship.
Service History
HMS Formidable belonged to the Formidable-class battleship and served during the late nineteenth or early twentieth century transition before HMS Dreadnought transformed battleship design.
Historical Significance
HMS Formidable forms part of the Royal Navy's pre-dreadnought era, bridging the gap between ironclads and all-big-gun battleships.