Good Hope (Drake Class)


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Laid down 11th September 1899
Launched 21st February 1901
Completed 8th November 1902
Commissioned N/A
Fate Sunk:
1st November 1914
Builders Fairfield, Govan
United Kingdom
Complement 900
Dimensions
Displacement 14150 tons max
Dimensions 533' 6" x 71' 4"
Draught 26'
Armament
Main guns 2 x 9.2" (2 x 1)
Secondary guns 16 x 6" (16 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 2 x 18" submerged
Other weapons 14 x 12pdr
3 x 3pdr
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 2" - 6"
Deck: 1" - 2.5"
Bulkheads: 5"
C.T.: 12"
Turrets: 6"
Casemates: 2" - 5"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar None
ECM None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines 43 x Belleville boilers
2 x 4 cyl. triple expansion
Power output 30000ihp
Speed 23kts
Shafts 2
Range N/A
Fuel 2500 tons coal

Good Hope was originally to have been named Africa. She was sunk by gunfire from the German cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau off the Coast of Chile in the battle of Coronel. None of the crew survived.

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