Fame class ship of the line

Class overview
Name:	Fame
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Courageux-class
Succeeded by:	Repulse-class
In service:	17 June 1802 - 1868
Completed:	9
Lost:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Length:	Fame: 175 ft (53.3 m) (gundeck) 144 ft (43.9 m) (keel) Rest of first batch: 175 ft (53.3 m) (gundeck) 144 ft 1⅝ in (43.9 m) (keel) Second batch: 175 ft 6 in (53.5 m) (gundeck) 144 ft 4⅝ in (44.0 m) (keel)
Beam:	Fame: 47 ft 8 in (12.7 m) Rest of first batch: 47 ft 6 in (12.6 m) Second batch: 47 ft 9½ in (12.8 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
Notes:	Ships in class include: Albion, Hero, Illustrious, Fame, Marlborough, York, Sultan, Royal Oak, Hannibal

The Fame-class ships of the line were a class of four 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Henslow. After the name-ship of the class was ordered in October 1799, the design was slightly altered before the next three ships were ordered in February 1800. A second batch of five ships was ordered in 1805 to a slightly further modified version of the original draught.

Ships

First batch

• HMS Fame

Builder: Deptford Dockyard

Ordered: 15 October 1799

Laid down: 22 January 1802

Launched: 8 October 1805

Fate: Broken up, 1817

• HMS Albion

Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard

Ordered: 4 February 1800

Laid down: June 1800

Launched: 17 June 1802

Fate: Broken up, 1836

• HMS Hero

Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard

Ordered: 4 February 1800

Laid down: August 1800

Launched: 18 August 1803

Fate: Wrecked, 1811

• HMS Illustrious

Builder: Randall & Brent, Rotherhithe

Ordered: 4 February 1800

Laiddown: February 1801

Launched: 3 September 1803

Fate: Broken up, 1868

Second batch

• HMS Marlborough

Builder: Mrs Barnard, Deptford Wharf

Ordered: 31 January 1805

Laid down: August 1805

Launched: 22 June 1807

Fate: Broken up, 1835

• HMS York

Builder: Brent, Rotherhithe

Ordered: 31 January 1805

Laid down: August 1805

Launched: 7 July 1807

Fate: Broken up, 1854

• HMS Sultan

Builder: Dudman, Deptford Wharf

Ordered: 31 January 1805

Laid down: December 1805

Launched: 19 September 1807

Fate: Broken up, 1864

• HMS Hannibal

Builder: Adams, Bucklers Hard

Ordered: 31 January 1805

Laid down: December 1805

Launched: May 1810

Fate: Broken up, 1833

• HMS Royal Oak

Builder: Dudman, Deptford Wharf

Ordered: 31 January 1805

Laid down: June 1806

Launched: 4 March 1809

Fate: Broken up, 1850

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2008) British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793 - 1817. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.