HMS GOOD HOPE IN DOCK 31

HMS GOOD HOPE A BRITISH CRUISER 1902

FWD PORT QTR VEIW -------- AFT PORT QTR VEIW

A CLOSE UP VEIW OF THE BRIDGE AREA

DETAIL OF MIDSHIPS BULKHEAD WORK RQD ---------- AFT VEIW WITH PARTS THAT NEED UPGRADE

OVERHEAD VEIW OF BASIC BOW DETAILS ( MUCH TO BE UPGRADED )

BOW OVERHEAD VEIW --------- STERN OVERHEAD VEIW

PORT SIDE BASIC DETAIL WORKS SO FAR

BOW VEIW ----------- STERN VEIW

STD VEIW OF WORK SO FAR

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Name: HMS Good Hope
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering, Govan
Laid down: 11 September 1899
Launched: 21 February 1901
Completed: 8 November 1902

Fate: Sunk at the Battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914

General characteristics

Class and type: Drake-class armoured cruiser

Displacement: 14,150 long tons (14,380 t) (normal)
Length: 533 ft 6 in (162.6 m) (o/a)
Beam: 71 ft 4 in (21.7 m)
Draught: 26 ft (7.9 m)

Installed power:

30,000 ihp (22,000 kW)
43 Belleville boilers

Propulsion:

2 × shafts
2 × 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines

Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)

Complement: 900

Armament:

2 × single BL 9.2-inch Mk X guns
16 × single BL 6-inch Mk VII guns
12 × single QF 12-pdr 12-cwt guns[Note 1]
3 × 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns
2 × single 18-inch torpedo tubes

Armour:

Belt: 2–6 in (51–152 mm)
Decks: 1–2.5 in (25–64 mm)
Barbettes: 6 in (152 mm)
Turrets: 6 in (150 mm)
Conning tower: 12 in (305 mm)
Bulkheads: 5 in (127 mm)

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