HMS Good Hope

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HMS Good Hope was a British Drake-class armored cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw action in the early stages of World War I and was sunk at the Battle of Coronel in 1914.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Drake-class cruiser
Royal Navy warship
armoured cruiser
armament 6-inch guns
9.2-inch guns
armour armoured belt
armoured deck
battle Battle of Coronel
builder Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
builtAt Govan, Scotland
casualties heavy loss of life
category Maritime incidents in 1914
Ships sunk in battle
Shipwrecks of Chile
World War I cruisers of the United Kingdom
class Drake class
linked to: Drake-class cruiser
commanderAtBattleOfCoronel Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock
commissioned 1902
conflict World War I
country United Kingdom
crewComplement about 900
dateOfSinking 1 November 1914
displacement about 14,100 tons
era pre-dreadnought era
fate sunk at the Battle of Coronel
flagshipOf Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock
hullMaterial steel
laidDown 1899
launched 1901
length about 553 feet
namedAfter Cape of Good Hope
navalFleet Royal Navy
operator Royal Navy
pennantNumber not commonly used (pre-WWI era)
placeOfSinking off the coast of Chile
propulsion steam engines
serviceBranch Royal Navy
serviceEntry early 20th century
shipType armoured cruiser
status wreck
sunkBy German East Asia Squadron
linked to: East Asia Squadron

SMS Gneisenau
SMS Scharnhorst
theatreOfOperations Pacific Ocean
South Atlantic
usedIn early stages of World War I
yearBuilt early 1900s

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Drake-class cruiser ship HMS Good Hope
Battle of Coronel shipInvolved HMS Good Hope
Battle of Coronel flagshipBritish HMS Good Hope
Battle of Coronel BritishShipsSunk HMS Good Hope
Christopher Cradock shipLostUnderCommand HMS Good Hope