From News of the Week, The Spectator, 9 January 1914:
It is with deep regret that we record the loss of this battleship, which was sunk in the Channel by a submarine on the morning of Friday week. The ‘Formidable’ was a vessel of 15,000 tons, and was completed in 1901. She carried a company of between seven hundred and eight hundred officers and men. The disaster happened in very heavy weather, and only two hundred and one lives were saved. The ship was struck about two o’clock, and remained afloat till after three o’clock. Four boats were launched under terribly difficult conditions, due not only to the heavy seas, but to the list of the shop. One of these boats, a barge, capsized, and several men were thrown out. Another barge carried about seventy men, who were taken on board a light cruiser.
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