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Royal Naval Drake Class armoured cruisers. The Drake Class consisted of HMS Drake, HMS Good Hope, HMS King Alfred and HMS Leviathan. These armoured cruisers were enlarged versions of the Cressy class but with increased armament of four 6 ins guns. Displacement: 14,150 tons. Horse power: 30,000. Length: 500 ft. Beam: 71 ft 4 ins. Draught: 26 ft. Armament: two 9.2 ins guns, sixteen 6 ins quick firing guns, fourteen 12 pounder guns, three 3 pounder guns and two 18 ins torpedo tubes. Speed: 23 knots. Complement: 900. |
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HMS Good Hope | |||||||||||||
The second ?GOOD HOPE? is an 18-gun twin-screw
cruiser, launched at Fairfield in 1901.
She is of 14,100 tons, 31,000 horse-power, and 24 knots speed.
Her length, beam, and draught are 500ft., 71ft., and 26ft.
This vessel?s original name was ?Africa,? but it was
changed to ?Good Hope? before launching, in honour of the Cape
Colony government, who had decided to present the Imperial government
with a sum equivalent to the interest on her capital value. On November
25th, 1992, the ?Good Hope? left Portsmouth, commanded by
Captain C.E. Madden and flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Wilmot H. Fawkes,
conveying the Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain to South Africa in connection
with the settlement of many questions arising on the conclusion of the
second Boer War. She
arrived at Durban on December 26th, 1902, and Mr. Chamberlain
returned to England in the following year in the Union Castle.
?Norman.? |
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HMS Good Hope before she was sunk by the German fleet off the coast of Chile on 1st November 1914. |
HMS Good Hope, sunk in the Battle of Coronel. |
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HMS Good Hope. |
HMS Good Hope. |
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HMS Good Hope |
HMS Good Hope. |
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HMS Good Hope, flagship to Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock (inset) during 1914. |
Believed to be either HMS Good Hope or HMS King Alfred |
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The crew of HMS Good Hope pictured c.1914. |
HMS Good Hope. |
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Inside the casement of HMS Good Hope. |
HMS Good Hope from the fore bridge. |
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HMS King Alfred | |||||||||||||
HMS King Alfred |
HMS King Alfred. |
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HMS King Alfred. |
HMS King Alfred, c.1902 |
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HMS King Alfred. |
HMS King Alfred in 1902 |
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HMS King Alfred. Thanks to Peter Gillespie |
HMS King Alfred. |
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HMS Leviathan | |||||||||||||
HMS Leviathan. |
HMS Leviathan pictured c.1912, with her war paint. |
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The Armoured Cruiser Leviathan The Leviathan was built at Clydebank and completed at Portsmouth. She had a water-line armour belt, while her two 9.2 in guns were placed in armoured barbettes, her 6 in quick firers were also well protected by armour. While en route to Portsmouth from the Clyde she maintained a speed of 19 knots while being able on paper to reach 23 knots. The ships in this class were a great improvement on the old protected cruisers. |
HMS Leviathan |
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HMS Leviathan. |
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HMS Drake |
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