Linton Chorley Hope

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(18 April 1863 – 20 December 1920) was a

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from Great Britain, who represented his country at the

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. With Lorne Currie as helmsman and fellow crewmembers

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and Algernon Maudslay, Hope took first places in both the race of the .5 to 1 ton class and the Open class.

Personal life

Hope was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire on 18 April 1863 as Linton Chorley Hopps the son of Edwin and Sara Hopps. He later changed his surname to Hope. Hope married Mabel Ellington in 1898 and they had a son and a daughter, their son Eustace Jack Linton Hope was killed in action in 1941 as a

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in the

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. Hope died on 20 December 1920 in the Midhurst district of Sussex.

Professional life

Hope designed a variety of yachts, as well as the Fairy One Design for the North of Ireland Yacht Club, international canoes, Thames Raters, and Half Raters that were sent to India, specifically the Malabar,

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and

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. Both Olympic races were won using the yacht ''Scotia'' designed by Hope. He was appointed naval architect to the King of the Belgians. In 1915 Hope designed the

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for the

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and his hull designs were used by a number of British flying boats in the 1920s including the

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and Fairey ''Titania'', largest flying boat in the world at the time.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hope, Linton 1863 births 1920 deaths Sportspeople from Macclesfield British male sailors (sport) British yacht designers English designers English Olympic competitors Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – .5 to 1 ton Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Open class Olympic sailors for Great Britain Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in sailing Royal Air Force group captains

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