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.

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