Fame
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Fame
Ordered	15 October 1799
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	22 January 1802
Launched	8 October 1805
Fate	Broken up, 1817
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Fame-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1745 (bm)
Length	175 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 8 in (14.53 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Fame was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard.^[1] 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.^[2] The first elements of her keel were finally laid down on 22 January 1802, and Fame was launched on 8 October 1805.^[1]

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.^[2] On March 4, 1811, Argentine lawyer and journlist Mariano Moreno died on this ship while travelling on a diplomatic mission to England, his body was thrown into the water wrapped in a Unión Jack flag.

Fate

Fame was laid up in ordinary at Chatham in 1815. She was broken up in 1817.^[1][2]