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HMS Formidable (1825)
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HMS Formidable was an 84-gun second rate of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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, launched on 19 May 1825 at Chatham Dockyard
Chatham Dockyard
Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...
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In 1869 Formidable became a training ship, at the National Nautical School in Portishead
Portishead, Somerset
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, and she was sold out of the navy in 1906.