posted on 2024-02-23, 18:11authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
The heroic conduct of William Pillar (skipper) and the crew of the Brixham trawler Provident, which rescued 71 survivors of HMS Formidable, after her lamentable loss on January 1 (which action will long live in the memory of the nation) after being torped
History
Identifier
5689.txt|
GWA_3950_HMS_Formidable.txt|
Subject
Carter, W.; Clark, J.; Pillar, William; Taylor, Dan
Date
March 1915
Date Created
01/12/1914
Temporal Coverage
31/12/1914
Source
Unknown
Medium
Text: Transcription
Type
Other
Contributor
Everett Sharp | Julia Allison | Shipwrecked Mariners' Society
Rights
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor