{{short description|British sailor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Linton Hope | image = Linton Hope.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = Linton Chorley Hopps | nickname = | nationality = British | birth_date = {{birth date|1863|04|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Macclesfield, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1920|12|20|1863|04|18|df=y}} | death_place = Midhurst, England | height = | classes = .5 to 1 ton<br/>Open class | club = | coach = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Sailing }} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 1900 Paris | Open class }} {{MedalGold | 1900 Paris | .5 to 1 ton 1st race }} | show-medals = yes | updated = 8 May 2015 }}
'''Linton Chorley Hope''' FRAes (18 April 1863 – 20 December 1920) was a sailor from Great Britain,<ref name="A" /> who represented his country at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Meulan, France. With Lorne Currie as helmsman and fellow crewmembers John Gretton 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 group captain in the Royal Air Force.<ref name="cwgc" /> 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,<ref name="cooya" /> and Half Raters that were sent to India, specifically the Malabar, Nainital and Rangoon Yacht Clubs.<ref>Hogan, Lauren (27 April 2016). [https://nmmc.co.uk/object/boats/thames-half-rater-black-cap/ Thames Half Rater “Black Cap” – BAE0002]. National Maritime Museum Cornwall.</ref><ref>Kamath, Sucharita (16 Oct 2015). [https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/186191/Governors-Gold-Cup-2015 Governor's Gold Cup 2015 at Nainital Yacht Club]. YachtsandYachting.com.</ref><ref>Swe, U Tint (29 January 2017). {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180307023239/http://www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/yangon-sailing-club-rater-stay-day/ YANGON SAILING CLUB “RATER STAY” DAY]}}. New Light of Myanmar.</ref> 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 AD Flying Boat for the British Admiralty's Air Department and his hull designs were used by a number of British flying boats in the 1920s including the Phoenix P.5 Cork<ref name='Ransom'>{{cite web|last1=Ransom and Fairclough|first1=S and R|title=English Electric Aircraft and their Predecessors|url=http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft25646.htm|website=Their Fighting Machines|publisher=Putnam|accessdate=7 January 2017|date=1987}}</ref> and Fairey ''Titania'', largest flying boat in the world at the time.
==Further reading== * {{cite book |url=http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1900/1900.pdf |title=Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, Concours D'Exercices Physiques et de Sports |publisher=Imprimerie Nationale |language=French |year=1901 |accessdate=8 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528012428/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1900/1900.pdf |archivedate=28 May 2008 }}
==References== <references>
<ref name="A">{{cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HOPELIN01 |title=Linton Hope Bio, Stats, and Results |publisher=Olympic Sports |accessdate=8 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323035210/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HOPELIN01 |archivedate=23 March 2013 }}</ref> <ref name="cooya">{{cite web | title = Yachts designed by Linton Hope | url = http://www.cooya.org.uk/linton%20hope%20yachts.htm | accessdate = 19 August 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140223032414/http://www.cooya.org.uk/Linton%20Hope%20Yachts.htm | archive-date = 23 February 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref> <ref name="cwgc">{{cite web | title = Eustace Jack Linton Hope, Casualty Details | publisher = Commonwealth War Graves Commission | url = http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2846083 | accessdate = 19 August 2011 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Sports links}}
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