H.M.S. Fame (1934)

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H.M.S. Fame (1934)
Pendant Number: H78
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs, Tyne
Launched: 26 Jun, 1934[1]
Transferred: 1949[2]
Fate: to Dominican Republic

H.M.S. Fame was one of eighteen "E" and "F" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Lady Pound, the wife of Second Sea Lord, Vice-Admiral Sir Dudley Pound performed the naming ceremony for Fame at her launching on 28 June, 1934. Two sisters were launched the same day: Firedrake and Forester.[3]

Fame was re-commissioned at Plymouth on 29 April, 1935 for service in the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[4]

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 3 March, 1936 for service in the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  3. "Destroyer Launches." The Times (London, England), 28 June 1934, p. 9.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 240.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 239.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 240.
  7. Haes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/98. f. 98.
  8. Shirley-Rollison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/186. f. 185.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 239.
  10. Shirley-Rollison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/186. f. 185.
  11. Walter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/136. f. ?.
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"E" and "F" Class Destroyer
"E" Class Leader
  Exmouth  
Destroyers
  Echo Eclipse Electra Encounter  
  Escapade Escort Esk Express  
"F" Class Leader
  Faulknor  
Destroyers
  Fame Fearless Firedrake Forester  
  Foresight Fortune Foxhound Fury  
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