Before the Bells have Faded: The Sinking Of HMS Formidable January 1, 1915 - the first British Battleship to be sunk by a German U-Boat

Potts, Mark

ISBN 10: 1847346839 / ISBN 13: 9781847346834

Published by Naval and Military Press, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Before the Bells have Faded: The Sinking Of HMS Formidable January 1, 1915 - the first British Battleship to be sunk by a German U-Boat
• Publisher: Naval and Military Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847346839
• ISBN 13: 9781847346834
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

On New Year’s day 1915, the aged British battleship HMS Formidable was sunk by the German submarine U-24 - the first such sinking of a major capital ship by a U-Boat in the Great War. The authors, intirigued by the listing of four of Formidable’s crew on their local war memorial in Crewe, set about reconstructing the Formidable’s almost forgotten story. They have succeeded magnificently, and, in a lavishly illustrated book that does honour to amateur historians everywhere, they recreate a fascinating and tragic story. Along with the story of the ship, its sinking, and the life stories of several of its crew, the book lists all 547 seamen who went down with their ship, the wreck site of which is now a protected War Grave.