HMS Good Hope
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Good Hope.
- The first HMS Good Hope (1664), of 35 guns, was captured by the French in May 1665.
- The second HMS Good Hope (1665), of 6 guns, was a flyboat captured from the Dutch in 1665 and sold in 1667.
- The third HMS Good Hope (1901) was a Drake-class armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sunk in 1914 at the Battle of Coronel.
There was also a South African Loch-class frigate SAS Good Hope, which was laid down as HMS Loch Boisdale in 1944 but renamed and transferred to the South African Navy before completion.
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 Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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