Name HMS Fame Builder Deptford Dockyard Fate Broken up, 1817 Launched 8 October 1805 | Ordered 15 October 1799 Laid down 22 January 1802 Construction started 22 January 1802 | |
Class and type Fame-class ship of the line | ||
HMS Fame was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard. 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. The first elements of her keel were finally laid down on 22 January 1802, and Fame was launched on 8 October 1805.
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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.
Fate
Fame was laid up in ordinary at Chatham in 1815. She was broken up in 1817.