FRANKLIN, Philip M.V.O. [of Gonalston]

HMS Good Hope

Gonalston War Memorial

Reg Baker, 1979

Portsmouth memorial to HMS Good Hope

Franklin's name, as Captain, appears second only to Admiral Cradock

Captain RN 'HMS Good Hope'

HMS Good Hope, an elderly (pre-dreadnought) battleship launched in 1902 was Admiral Cradock's flagship in 1914. She was lost with all hands - 900 officers and crew - at the Battle of Coronel, November 1st 1914. Captain Franklin is one of the highest-ranking Nottinghamshire men to appear on this site.

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