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HMS Formidable was an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier ordered for the Royal Navy before the Second World War. After being completed in late 1940, she was briefly assigned to the Home Fleet before being transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet as a replacement for her crippled sister ship Illustrious .
HMS Formidable (1825) was an 84-gun second rate launched in 1825. She was lent as a training ship in 1869 and was sold in 1906. HMS Formidable (1898) was a Formidable-class predreadnought battleship launched in 1898 and torpedoed and sunk in 1915. HMS Formidable (67) was an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier launched in 1939 and sold for scrap ...
The squadron reformed at RNAS Gosport (HMS Siskin) on 29 October 1952 with American-built Westland Whirlwind HAS.21s for work in Malaya. [ 2 ] 848 Squadron 26 whirlwind MK 7 aircraft joined HMS Bulwark in early 1960 and deployed to the Far East for two and a half years - when the ship was in Singapore the squadron detached to the shore base HMS ...
de Havilland Sea Venom of 893 NAS after landing on HMS Eagle with no undercarriage. 893 Naval Air Squadron was re established as an all-weather fighter unit at RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron), Somerset, England, in February 1956, initially equipped with six de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.21 jet fighter aircraft, designated for HMS Ark Royal. [4]
Fairey Swordfish of 820 Naval Air Squadron passing over HMS Ark Royal in 1939. 29 May 1942, a Fairey Albacore of No 820 Squadron Fleet Air Arm flies off HMS Formidable in the Indian Ocean. Two more can be seen on deck (photographed from HMS Warspite). 820 Squadron's next major engagement was the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck.
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A US Navy Douglas EA-1F Skyraider (electronics countermeasures aircraft) making a touch-and-go landing on HMS Victorious in 1963. On 11 November 1967, after the completion of the 1967 refit and shortly before the start of what was intended as the ship's final commission, there was a relatively small fire, which was rapidly extinguished, in the ...
However, on 26 May 1941, HMS Formidable received serious damage while transporting aircraft to Malta, being hit by two German 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) bombs that put her out of action for six months. 829 NAS was stationed in June on Cyprus where all Albacores were left when the carrier sailed for repairs at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (U.S.) in July 1941.