Name | Fame (launched as Dragon, 1798) | Explanation | |
Type | Third rate | ||
Launched | 2 April 1798 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Sail | ||
Builders measure | 1815 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 74 | ||
Fate | 1850 | ||
Class | |||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1824 h.s. 1842 = Fame, hulk | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
February 1812 | Commanded by Captain Francis Augustus Collier, flagship of Francis Laforey, Leeward Islands | ||
(January 1840) | Marine barrack ship at Pembroke | ||
15 July 1842 | Renamed Fame, hulk |