Approximate Sinking Location, HMS Good Hope

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Armored Cruiser sunk at Battle of Coronel, 1914. Lost with all hands.
HMS Good Hope was the flagship of Rear Admiral James Craddock.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Good_Hope_(1901)
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Coordinates:   36°59'1"S   73°48'49"W

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  • Today, 26 Dec 2014, while aboard M/S Marina, we dropped poppies on these coordinates in remembrance of the four Canadian midshipmen who died one hundred years ago, 1 Nov 1914 while serving on HMS GOOD HOPE. They were the RCN's first casualties of World War I.
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