HMS Fame

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Fame", whilst another was planned:

*HMS "Fame" was a 20-gun Irish Royalist ship. She was captured by the Parliamentarians in 1649 and was blown up in 1658.
*HMS "Fame" was a 30-gun ship, previously the French ship "Renommee". She was captured in 1655 and expended as a fireship in 1665.
*HMS "Fame" was a 24-gun sixth rate captured from the French in 1665. She was retaken by the French in 1710.
*HMS "Fame" was a 14-gun sloop captured in 1744. She foundered in the Atlantic Ocean in 1745.
*HMS "Fame" was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1759. She became a prison ship in 1799 and was renamed HMS "Guildford". She was sold in 1814.
*HMS "Fame" was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1805 and broken up in 1817.
*HMS "Fame" was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1798 as HMS "Dragon". She was on harbour service from 1824, and was renamed HMS "Fame" when hulked in 1842. She was broken up in 1850.
*HMS "Fame" was to have been a wood screw sloop. She was laid down in 1861 but was cancelled in 1863.
*HMS "Fame" was a D class destroyer launched in 1898 and sold in 1921.
*HMS "Fame" was F class destroyer launched in 1934. She was sold to the Dominican Republic in 1949 and renamed "Generalissimo". She was renamed "Sanchez" in 1962 and was discarded in 1968.

ee also

*HMS "Fama"