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. ==references== *   
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