HMS Formidable (1939)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Formidable
- Launch Year
- 1939
- Type
- Aircraft Carrier
- Class
- Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- Pennant Number
- 67
- Launched
- 1939
- Built at
- Harland & Wolff
- Commissioned
- 1940
- Armament
- Carrier air group
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines
- Role
- Aircraft carrier
- Notable for
- Mediterranean operations
- Fate
- Scrapped in 1953
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Formidable served extensively in Mediterranean operations.