HMS Good Hope (1914): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

Name	HMS Good Hope	Wikidata label
Year lost	1914	Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier
Era	First World War	derived from year
Ship type	armored cruiser	Wikidata P31 instance of
Nationality / flag	United Kingdom	Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country
Operator	Royal Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War I	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	South Pacific Ocean	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	Chile	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 34 km from land
Position	-36.9836, -73.8136	Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0)

About the wreck

HMS Good Hope was one of four Drake-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy around 1900; she was originally named Africa, but was renamed before she was launched. She became flagship of the 1st Cruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet in 1906, and was the flagship of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in 1908. She was reduced to reserve in 1913, but was recommissioned in mid-1914.

When war was declared in August 1914, Good Hope was ordered to reinforce the 4th Cruiser Squadron and became the flagship of Rear Admiral Christopher Cradock. Cradock moved the available ships of his squadron later that month to the coast of South America to search for German commerce raiders.

He was then ordered further south to the Strait of Magellan to block any attempt of the German East Asia Squadron to penetrate into the South Atlantic. He found the German squadron on 1 November off the coast of Chile. The German squadron outnumbered Cradock's force and were individually more powerful; they sank Cradock's two armoured cruisers in the Battle of Coronel, both, including Good Hope, being lost with all hands.

Location

Recorded position: -36.9836, -73.8136 (Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: South Pacific Ocean
Nearest coast: Chile

Wreck positions on this site are for interest only and are not for navigation. Many wrecks are war graves or legally protected: never disturb human remains or remove artefacts, and check local law before diving.

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Good Hope (1901) (revision 1375007131), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.