HMS Fame (H78)
Service
- as Fame? — 4 February 19492,193 days of the war
- as Generalisimo4 February 1949 — 1968
- Name
- HMS Fame
- Pennant / hull number
- H78
- Builder
- Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Wallsend
- Ordered
- 17 March 1933
- Laid down
- 5 July 1933
- Launched
- 28 June 1934
- Fate
- Scrapped, 1968 (1968)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,405 long tons (1,428 t)
- Length
- 100.28 m (329 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.06 m (33 ft)
- Draught
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Range
- 6,350 nmi (11,760 km)
- Complement
- 145
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
HMS Fame was a F-class destroyer, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number H78. Her keel was laid at Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Wallsend on 5 July 1933. She was launched on 28 June 1934.
Her class ran to eleven ships. The class followed the C and D-class destroyer and was succeeded by the G and H-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,405 long tons. She measured 100.3 m (329 ft) long with a beam of 10.1 m (33 ft). Her designed speed was 35.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 145.
Her main battery was four 119 mm (4.7 in) guns. Her machinery developed 36,000 shp.
She served with the Royal Navy as Fame until 4 February 1949. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 1968.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
- Power
- 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 36000 shp
- Armament
- 4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
- 2 × quadruple 0.5 in machine guns
- 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 20 × depth charges, 1 rack and 2 throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Fame (H78) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 13040 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons