HMS Fame (1896)

HMS Fame
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Fame
Ordered10 May 1895[1]
BuilderJohn I Thornycroft, Chiswick
Cost£54,724[1]
Yard number306
Laid down4 July 1895
Launched15 April 1896
CommissionedJune 1897
Out of serviceLaid up in reserve 1919
IdentificationPennant number: D26
Honours and
awards
China 1900
FateSold for breaking at Hong Kong, 31 August 1921
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeTwo funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement
  • 272 long tons (276 t) standard
  • 352 long tons (358 t) full load
Length210 ft (64 m) o/a
Beam19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Draught5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Installed power5,700 shp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 80 tons coal
  • 1,310 nmi (2,430 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement65 officers and men
Armament
Service record
Part of: China Station - 1897
Operations:

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.

  1. ^ a b c Lyon (1996), p.45.