H.M.S. Good Hope
1902
(Navis 135N)
- Class: Drake - 4 first class armoured cruisers of 1898-99
- Displacement: 14,150 tons
- Dimensions: 500ft (pp) 533ft 6in (oa) x 71ft 4in x 26ft
- Machinery: 2-shaft, 4 cyl TE, 43 Belleville boilers, 30,000ihp = 23 knots
- Armament: 2-9.2in (2x1), 16-6in QF (16x1), 14-12pdr QF, 3-3pdr QF 2-18in TT sub
- Armor: Belt 6in-2in, bulkheads 5in, decks 2.5in-1in, casemates 5in-2in, turrets 6in, barbettes 6in, ammunition hoists 3in, CT 12in
- Complement: 900
- Builder: Fairfield, Govan
- Laid Down: 11 Sep 1899
- Launched: 21 Feb 1901
- Completed: 22 Dec 1903
- Notes: Flagship of RAdm Christopher Craddock's British squadron at the Battle of Coronel, 1 Nov 1914. She was crippled by the German squadron under Adm Graf von Spee in flagship Scharnhorst, finally suffering a magazine explosion and sinking with all hands.
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