HMS Fury (1845)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Fury
Ordered	19 February 1844
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Sheerness
Cost	£51,688
Laid down	June 1845
Launched	31 December 1845
Completed	6 July 1847
Commissioned	20 July 1847
Honours and awards	Kua Kam 1849 Crimea/Black Sea 1854-1855 China 1856-1860
Fate	Sold for breaking July 1864
General characteristics
Type	Steam Vessels (SV2) First Class Sloop
Tons burthen	1123+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 hold	21 ft 0 in (6.4 m)
Installed power	515 NHP
Propulsion	2-cylinder VSE direct acting steam engine Paddles
Armament	2 × 42-pdr (84 cwt) MLSB guns on pivot mounts 2 × 68-pdr (64 cwt) MLSB guns on broadside trucks 2 × 42-pdr (22 cwt) carronades 1862 Armament change 1 × 68-pdr 95 cwt or 110=pdr 82 cwt on pivot mount 4 × 32-pdr 42 cwt MLSB guns on broadside trucks

HMS Fury was a Bulldog-class sloop designed by Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy. She was ordered on 19 February 1844.^[1] 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.

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.^[2]