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The flagship of Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, commander
of Cruiser Squadron Six, HMS Good Hope along with an Invincible
Class cruiser somewhere in the South Atlantic. The Good Hope
later sailed into history when she encountered the Imperial German
Navy’s East Asiatic Squadron under Vice Admiral Graf von
Spee off the island of Coronel, on the1st. November 1914. Heavily
outgunned, the British Squadron suffered terrible losses, including
the HMS Good Hope, which was sunk with the loss of all hands. |