HMS Good Hope

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Good Hope, 1901
Type: Cruiser ; Armament 2-9.2 in. IX, 45 cal. : 16 x 6 in. VII, 45 cal.; 12 x 12 pdr., etc.
Launched : 21 Feb 1901 ; Disposal date or year : 1 Nov 1914
Disposal Details : Sunk by enemy gunfire off Coronel, Chile
Displacement: 14100 tons
Complement: 900
Machinery notes: 30,000 ; Speed ; 23 knots ;
Notes:

24 Dec 1912 Recommissioned at Portsmouth

Aug 1914 Portsmouth ; Sixth Cruiser Squadron - Home Fleet ; Order to be fitted as Training Ship for Naval Cadets and to relieve HMS Highflyer; Tender to Drake

18 Oct 1914 at the Port Stanley - see p. 150 www.naval-review.org/issues/1923-1.pdf.

30 Oct 1914 departed Vallenar - see p. 324 www.naval-review.org/issues/1923-2.pdf.

1 Nov 1914 Sunk by gunfire from Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile - see www.naval-review.org/issues/1915-1.pdf, www.naval-review.org/issues/1915-2.pdf and a discussion on the Battle at p. 433 www.naval-review.org/issues/1919-4.pdf.