1 January 1915

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War at Sea

HMS Formidable is torpedoed by U 24 at 2.30am on 1 January. A rescue operation is mounted by HMS Topaze, but she only rescues 43 men before she is ordered away, first to find more help and then to avoid a submarine. The Formidable sinks after two hours, with the loss of 547 men.

Formidable - A True Story of disaster and courage, Steve R. Dunn. Looks at the full story behind the loss of HMS Formidable, a British battleship sunk by a U-boat on 1 January 1915 while under the overall command of an Admiral who at that point didn’t accept that the submarine posed a threat to his fleet. Sections on why she was lost and who was to blame are balanced by detailed examinations of the fate of her crew, the dependents of those lost with her and the public reaction to her lose to produce a useful account of this naval disaster(Read Full Review)
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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 1 January 1915, https://www.historyofwar.org/firstworldwar/daybyday/1915_01_01.html

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