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==Service==
==Service==
In July, 1904, complaints from {{ViceRN}} [[Gerard Henry Uctred Noel|Noel]] of the China Station about the condition of his T.B.s and T.B.D.s prompted a review of his assets by [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] [[William Waldegrave Palmer, Second Earl of Selborne|Selborne]].  Within, it was noted that ''Fame'' was tender to ''Humber'', her boilers had been re-tubed in 1902, and she'd been docked in May 1904.<ref>Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum.  (NOE/5/2).</ref>
In July, 1904, complaints from {{ViceRN}} [[Gerard Henry Uctred Noel|Noel]] of the China Station about the condition of his T.B.s and T.B.D.s prompted a review of his assets by [[First Lord of the Admiralty]] [[William Waldegrave Palmer, Second Earl of Selborne|Selborne]].  Within, it was noted that ''Fame'' was tender to ''Humber'', her boilers had been re-tubed in 1902, and she'd been docked in May 1904.<ref>Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum.  (NOE/5/2).</ref>
In mid-1913, she was serving in China.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 312.</ref>


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* Lieutenant & Commander [[Ralph W. Wilkinson]], 7 October, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 312.</ref>
* Lieutenant-in-Command [[Charles M. Blackman]], 9 December, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 313.</ref>
* Lieutenant-in-Command [[Charles M. Blackman]], 9 December, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 313.</ref>


Revision as of 15:14, 14 July 2013

H.M.S. Fame (1896)
Pendant Number: D.41 (Sep 1915)
D.37 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Thornycroft[2]
Ordered: 1894-95[3]
Laid down: 4 Jul, 1895[4]
Launched: 15 Apr, 1896[5]
Commissioned: Jun, 1897[6]
Broken up: 1921[7]

H.M.S. Fame was one of eleven destroyers of the "D" class — one of the two-funnelled "30 knotters".

Service

In July, 1904, complaints from Vice-Admiral Noel of the China Station about the condition of his T.B.s and T.B.D.s prompted a review of his assets by First Lord of the Admiralty Selborne. Within, it was noted that Fame was tender to Humber, her boilers had been re-tubed in 1902, and she'd been docked in May 1904.[8]

In mid-1913, she was serving in China.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  8. ↑ Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum. (NOE/5/2).
  9. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 312.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 312.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 313.

Bibliography


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