 Good Hope , named after the British colony on the Cape of Good Hope , was laid down on 11 September 1899 with the name of Africa by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering at their Govan shipyard . She was renamed Good Hope on 2 October and launched on 21 February 1901 . She arrived in Portsmouth to be completed and armed in late December 1901 . In 1906 she became the flagship of the 1st Cruiser Squadron , Atlantic Fleet and was the flagship of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron when she visited South Africa two years later . Good Hope was placed in reserve in 1913 . 
