Fame the figurehead?
Following after a lead from 'henge' about pictures on the Google search engine, I came across some pictures of the TS(?) Fame. A wooden ship that was at The Queens House Greenwich (Greenwich Hospital)...
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Yes indeedy, it is the same figurehead which was at Greenwich. There are photos of Greenwich Hospital on the website somewhere, I have seen them, I know not where. Try the RHS Ass site for the...
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Thanks NormI have sent three pictures to Rod, with luck they will appear hear (or even here!!) very soon.Do we know anything else about Fame, how she came to be at Greenwich, what happened to the rest...
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Hi from the AntipodesThe photographs shown are from a collection at the National Maritime Museum and they were on display at the Meseum web site when they had a public display to commemerate the...
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Hi Guys.As a matter of interest, The Fame is now the longest ship in the wrold.The figurehead is on the Range at RHS, Holbrook, U.K.The stern post is hanging above the doorway of the Maritime Museum,...
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"Fame"Are you all aware that "Bandy" Shipp wrote a bugle march of that name ("Fame") and the band used to play it along with another called "The Company Major"?Can any of the ex RHS bandboys remember...
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