&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Fury,_Acorn-class_destroyer_-_IWM_Q_75087.jpg) Fury
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Fury |
| Builder | A. & J. Inglis, Glasgow |
| Laid down | 3 March 1910 |
| Launched | 23 April 1911 |
| Completed | February 1912 |
| Out of service | 4 November 1921 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Acorn-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 25 ft 5 in (7.7 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.6 m) |
| Installed power | 4 Yarrow boilers, 13,500 shp (10,100 kW) |
| Propulsion | Parsons steam turbines, 3 shafts |
| Speed | 27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Range | 1,540 nmi (2,850 km; 1,770 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 72 |
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HMS Fury was one of 20 Acorn-class (later H-class) destroyers built for the Royal Navy that served in the First World War. The Acorn class was smaller than the preceding Beagle class but oil-fired and better armed. Launched in 1910, Fury served with the Second Destroyer Flotilla, joining the Grand Fleet at the start of the war. Soon afterwards, in August 1914, the destroyer assisted in the unsuccessful attempt to rescue the stricken dreadnought battleship Audacious. In 1916, the vessel was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet, joining the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla. After the Armistice in 1918, the destroyer was placed in reserve. Fury was sold to be broken up in 1921.