HMS Larkspur (K82)

USS Fury, formerly HMS Larkspur, off Liverpool.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Larkspur
Namesake	Larkspur (flower)
Builder	Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley
Laid down	26 March 1940
Launched	5 September 1940
Commissioned	4 January 1941
Decommissioned	15 March 1942
Identification	Pennant number: K82
Fate	Transferred to United States Navy
United States
Name	USS Fury
Commissioned	17 March 1942
Decommissioned	22 August 1945
Identification	Hull number: PG-69
Fate	Returned to Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Larkspur
Fate	Sold into civilian service 1947, scrapped 1953
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t; 1,036 short tons)
Length	205 ft (62.48 m)o/a
Beam	33 ft 2 in (10.11 m)
Draught	13 ft 7 in (4.14 m)
Propulsion	single shaft 2 × fire tube Scotch boilers 1 × 4-cycle triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine 2,750 ihp (2,050 kW)
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,482 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Complement	85
Sensors and processing systems	1 × SW1C or 2C radar 1 × Type 123A or Type 127DV sonar
Armament	1 × 4-inch BL Mk.IX single gun 2 × .50 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Lewis .303 cal machine gun (twin) 2 × Mk.II depth charge throwers 2 × Depth charge rails with 40 depth charges originally fitted with minesweeping gear, later removed

HMS Larkspur was a Flower-class corvette, built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War, and was in service in the Battle of the Atlantic. In 1942 she was transferred to the United States Navy as part of the Reverse Lend-Lease arrangement and renamed USS Fury, one of the Temptress-class gunboats. With the end of hostilities she was returned to the Royal Navy and sold into mercantile service.