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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HMS Good Hope canonical 6

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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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ