| Name: | FAME |
| Launched: | 01/08/1857 |
| Completed: | 09/1857 |
| Builder: | TD Marshall, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 222grt, 117nrt, 139.6 x 22.3 x 11.8ft; (1888: 226grt, 141nrt, 133.2ft) |
| Engines: | SL2cyl, grasshopper type, (39.75 & 39.75 x 54.25ins), 100nhp; |
| (1888: 2 x C2cyl (15 & 30 x 18ins), 74nhp) | |
| Engines by: | TD Marshall, South Shields; |
| (1888: The Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co Ltd, Hong Kong) | |
| Propulsion: | Paddle; (1888: 2 x Screws) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 19498 |
| History: | |
| 08/09/1857 | Jeremiah Hudson, Scarborough; registered at Scarborough |
| 1861 | E Gilman (Jeremiah Hudson, manager), London |
| 18/03/1862 | Thomas Stirling Begbie, London; registered at London |
| 03/1862 | Douglas Lapraik & Thomas Sutherland, Hong Kong |
| 16/01/1864 | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, London; registered at Hong Kong |
| 1866 | Douglas Lapraik, Hong Kong |
| 10/01/1880 | The Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co Ltd, Hong Kong |
| 01/1890 | Government of Hong Kong |
| 03/1894 | The Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co Ltd, Hong Kong |
| 05/1904 | Government of France |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 03/1862: Purchased for service at Whampoa, China |
| 07/1863: Operated by The Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co Ltd | |
| 1866: Re-boilered | |
| 04/10/1866: British registry closed & transferred to local registry | |
| by 1877: In service at Hong Kong | |
| 1888: Re-engined & converted to twin screw propulsion | |
| 01/1890: For use as a tender in the construction of Gap Rock Light | |
| 03/1894: Bought for $20,000 to replace lost PILOT FISH (1885) | |
| 05/1904: Sold through EC Wilks for use at Haiphong | |
| Still listed in LR 1941/42 and presumed a war loss | |
| Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |
Above photo is copyright of Lai Ah Fong/East India Office Library collection