The Launch of HMS "Formidable" at Portsmouth, 17 November, <i>Lady Lucy Hicks Beach</i> cutting the Last Cord which held the Vessel to the Ways. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 26 November 1898.<br><p><br></p>
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26 November 1898<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1898-11-26T00:00:00Z/11</div>
The Illustrated London News