HMS Fame (1896)

History


Name:	HMS Fame
Ordered:	10 May 1895
Builder:	John I Thornycroft, Chiswick
Cost:	£54,724
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
Class and type:	Two funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement:	272 t (268 long tons) standard 352 t (346 long tons) 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 in Chinese waters for the whole of her life and was sold at Hong Kong in 1921.

HMS Fame was one of three "thirty-knotter" torpedo boat destroyers ordered for the Royal Navy from John I Thornycroft on 10 May 1895 under the 1894–1895 shipbuilding programme. As with other early Royal Navy destroyers, the detailed design was left to the builder, with the Admiralty laying down only broad requirements. These requirements included reaching a speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) during sea trials and an armament of a single QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3 in (76 mm) calibre) gun, backed up by five 6-pounder guns, and two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. An arched turtlebackforecastle was to be fitted.

Thornycroft's design had three water-tube boilers feeding two four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines, rated at 5,700 indicated horsepower (4,300 kW), and had two funnels. The ship was 210 feet (64.01 m) long overall and 208 feet (63.40 m) at the waterline, with a beam of 19 feet 6 inches (5.94 m) and a draught of 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m). Displacement was 272 long tons (276 t) light and 352 long tons (358 t) full load, while crew was 63 officers and men.

Fame was laid down as yard number 306 on 4 July 1895 at Thornycroft's shipyard at Chiswick on the River Thames and was launched on 15 April 1896. During sea trials Fame reached 30.021 knots (55.599 km/h; 34.548 mph) over the measured mile and 30.17 kilometres (18.75 mi) over a three-hour run. She had her armament fitted at Portsmouth, was completed and was accepted by the Royal Navy in June 1897.

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