HMS Fame explained

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fame, whilst another was planned:

• was a 20-gun Irish Royalist ship. She was captured by the Parliamentarians in 1649 and was blown up in 1658.
• was a 30-gun ship, previously the French ship Renommee. She was captured in 1655 and expended as a fireship in 1665.
• was a 24-gun sixth rate captured from the French in 1665. She was retaken by the French in 1710.
• was a 14-gun sloop captured in 1744. She foundered in the Atlantic Ocean in 1745.
• was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1759. She became a prison ship in 1799 and was renamed HMS Guildford. She was sold in 1814.
• was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1805 and broken up in 1817.
• HMS Fame was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1798 as . She was on harbour service from 1824, and was renamed HMS Fame when hulked in 1842. She was broken up in 1850.
• HMS Fame was to have been a wooden screw sloop. She was laid down in 1861 but was cancelled in 1863.
• was a destroyer launched in 1896 and sold in 1921.
• was F-class destroyer launched in 1934. She was sold to the Dominican Republic in 1949 and renamed Generalissimo. She was renamed Sanchez in 1962 and was discarded in 1968.