HMS Fame (1896)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Fame
Ordered	10 May 1895[1]
Builder	John I Thornycroft, Chiswick
Cost	£54,724[1]
Yard number	306
Laid down	4 July 1895
Launched	15 April 1896
Commissioned	June 1897
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Identification	Pennant number: D26
Honours and awards	China 1900
Fate	Sold for breaking at Hong Kong, 31 August 1921
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Two funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	272 long tons (276 t) standard 352 long tons (358 t) full load
Length	210 ft (64 m) o/a
Beam	19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Draught	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Installed power	5,700 shp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion	3 × water tube boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal 1,310 nmi (2,430 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement	65 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I low angle mount 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 gun on a Mark I* low angle mount 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
Service record
Part of:	China Station - 1897
Operations:	Boxer Rebellion 1899 First World War 1914–1918

HMS Fame was a two funnel, 30 knot destroyer of the Royal Navy, ordered under the 1894–1895 Naval Estimates. She was launched in 1896, served exclusively in Chinese waters and was sold at Hong Kong in 1921.