Another of our ships gone, the Formidable, sunk in the channel. A Brixham trawler picked up 70 of the crew who were in one of the ships cutters which was unseaworthy.

There was a tremendous see on, and for 3 hours the trawler tried to get near the cutter & when at last they succeeded it took half an hour getting the men from 1 boat to the other, but at last they did it, & took them all into Brixham. Another 70 have been picked up by a cruiser, but no information is given to whether the cause of the disaster was a mine or submarine. The Formidable was a sister ship to the Bulwark.

Very wretched day, with heavy showers, but some nice sun in the morning.

Cedric ferreted with R. Dorothy Sethbridge came to lunch, in the aft. Dorothea & I went to Yalford to enquire for Eli.