HMS Fame (1805)
_RMG_J3309.png) Fame | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Fame |
| Ordered | 15 October 1799 |
| Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down | 22 January 1802 |
| Launched | 8 October 1805 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1817 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type | Fame-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1745 (bm) |
| Length | 175 ft (53 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft 8 in (14.53 m) |
| Depth of hold | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament |
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HMS Fame was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard.[1] She was constructed on the same building slip as was HMS Courageux, her keel having been ordered to be laid down on it immediately after the other ship's launch on 26 March 1800.[2] The first elements of her keel were finally laid down on 22 January 1802, and Fame was launched on 8 October 1805.[1]
Service
In November 1808, whilst under the command of Captain Bennet, Fame joined a squadron lying off Rosas, where Captain Lord Cochrane was assisting the Spanish in the defence of Castell de la Trinitat against the invading French army. Boats from Fame helped evacuate Cochrane's garrison forces after the fort's surrender on 5 December.[2] On 4 March 1811, Argentine lawyer and journalist Mariano Moreno died on this ship while travelling on a diplomatic mission to England, his body was thrown into the water wrapped in a Unión Jack flag.
She returned from Guadeloupe to Portsmouth in October 1815,[3] and then was duly sent to Le Havre.[4]
Fate
Fame was laid up in ordinary at Chatham in 1815. She was broken up in 1817.[1][2]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Lavery, Ships of the Line Vol. 1, p. 185.
- ^ a b c Phillips, Michael. Fame (74) (1805). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
- ^ "Port News". Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser. 7 October 1815. p. 4. Retrieved 16 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Portsmouth, Oct. 5.—Arrived the Thames and Fame transports, from Guadeloupe; his Majesty's ship Misletoe, from a cruise; and Fox from America.
- ^ "Port News". Saint James's Chronicle. 14 October 1815. p. 4. Retrieved 27 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Portsmouth, Oct. 12. - Sailed the Fox, Fame, and Thames transports for Havre.
References
- Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.