Plans for sister ship Atalanta
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Name | HMS Fury |
Builder | John Sime & Son, North Leith |
Laid down | August 1777 |
Launched | 18 March 1779 |
Commissioned | June 1779 |
Decommissioned | 25 November 1784 |
In service | 1779–1784 |
Fate | Broken up at Woolwich, April 1787 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Swan-class ship sloop |
Tons burthen | 30050⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 96 ft 7 in (29.4 m) (gundeck); 78 ft 11+1⁄2 in (24.1 m) (keel) |
Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) |
Draught | 6 ft 9 in (2.1 m) (unladen); 10 ft 9 in (3.3 m) (laden) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 10 in (3.9 m) |
Complement | 125 |
Armament | 16 × 6-pounder guns + 16 × 1⁄2-pounder swivel guns |
HMS Fury was a Swan class ship sloop of the Royal Navy and was launched in March 1779.[2] She performed mainly anti-privateering duties during the American War of Independence, both in the English Channel and later the Caribbean Sea. She had a short service life, being paid off after less than 5 years service and broken up 3 years after that, but did have notable commanders.
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