The destruction of HMS 'Good Hope' at the Battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914

This is a study of the armoured cruiser 'Good Hope', launched on 21 February 1901 and completed on 8 November 1902, meeting her end (with the loss of everyone on board) as flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock at the Battle of Coronel , off the southern coast of Chile, on 1 November 1914, at the hands of the German Pacific squadron of Maximilian von Spee.

Object Details

ID: PAE3169
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Date made: circa 1915
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 300 mm x 447 mm
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