HMS Fury (1845)

HMS Fury was a Bulldog-class sloop designed by Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy. She was ordered on 19 February 1844. After commissioning she sailed for the East Indies and participated in action against pirate junks near Vietnam. She then was in the Black Sea for the Crimean War followed by the Second Opium War with China. She was sold for breaking in July 1864.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Fury.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Fury
Ordered19 February 1844
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Sheerness
Cost£51,688
Laid downJune 1845
Launched31 December 1845
Completed6 July 1847
Commissioned20 July 1847
Honours and
awards
  • Kua Kam 1849
  • Crimea/Black Sea 1854-1855
  • China 1856-1860
FateSold for breaking July 1864
General characteristics
Type
  • Steam Vessels (SV2)
  • First Class Sloop
Tons burthen1123+67⁄94 bm
Length
  • 190 ft 0 in (57.9 m) gundeck
  • 166 ft 0.75 in (50.6 m) keel for tonnage
Beam
  • 36 ft 0 in (11.0 m) maximum
  • 35 ft 8 in (10.9 m) for tonnage
Draught
  • 8 ft 5 in (2.6 m) forward
  • 8 ft 5.5 in (2.6 m) aft
Depth of hold21 ft 0 in (6.4 m)
Installed power515 NHP
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder VSE direct acting steam engine
  • Paddles
Armament
  • 2 x 42-pdr (84 cwt) MLSB guns on pivot mounts
  • 2 x 68-pdr (64 cwt) MLSB guns on broadside trucks
  • 2 x 42-pdr (22 cwt) carronades
  • 1862 Armament change
  • 1 x 68-pdr 95 cwt or 110=pdr 82 cwt on pivot mount
  • 4 x 32-pdr 42 cwt MLSB guns on broadside trucks

Fury was the eighth named vessel since it was used for a 14-gun sloop, launched by Lime & Mackenzie of Leith on 18 March 1779 and broken in April 1787.

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