Newsletter, Sea Fever and super yachts, The Marine Art of Gordon Frickers No. 8 © august 2009
We hope you find the following interesting, engaging, interactive, and will forward this to friends.
H.M.S. Formidable
Joined H.M.S. Formidable… Made history by being…
“A little more on ‘Formidable’ from my fathers diary.”
We are fortunate to be able to read this remarkable story, kindly sent by the son of the author after a chat over the phone while he was ordering 2 prints of the painting on page http://frickers.co.uk/marine-art/formidable_seafires.html.
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(Gordon’s notes in brackets, abbreviations marked * explained at the end of the text)