HMS Good Hope
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Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Good Hope.
- The first Good Hope, 35, was captured by the French in May 1665.
- The second Good Hope, 6, was a flyboat captured from the Dutch in 1665 and sold in 1667.
- The third Good Hope was an armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sunk in 1914 at the Battle of Coronel.
There was also a South African Loch class frigate HMSAS Good Hope, which was laid down as HMS Loch Boisdale in 1944 but renamed and transferred to the South African Navy before completion.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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