HMS Fury was a designed by Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy. She was ordered on 19 February 1844.Lyon Winfield, page 161 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.Colledge, Fury
Construction She was ordered on 19 February 1844 from Sheerness Dockyard and her keel was laid in June 1845.Lyon Winfield, page 161 She was launched on 31 December 1845. Following her launch she was towed to Liverpool to have her boilers and machinery fitted.Winfield She was then towed back to Sheerness and was completed for sea on 6 July 1847 at an initial cost of £51,688Winfield including the hull at £24,764, machinery at £22,142 and fitting at £4,782.WinfieldA total cost accounting for inflation of approximately £ in today's money.
Commissioned service First commission She was commissioned on 20 July 1847 under Commander James Wilcox, RN for service on the East Indies and China Station.The Navy List, July 1848, page 129 In conjunction with , they destroyed twenty-three pirate junks at Tysami on 29 September 1849 and a pirate fleet at Haipong on 20 to 21 October 1849.Winfield She returned to Home Waters for a refit at Woolwich Dockyard during 1851 costing £12,987.Winfield
Second commission She was commissioned on 4 December 1851 under the command of Commander Edward Tatham, RN for service in the Mediterranean.The Navy List, January 1852, page 229 In 1854 she was sent to the Black Sea for the Crimean War. In August 1854 Commander Ennis Chambers, RN took command. She returned to Home Waters for a refit at Portsmouth costing £23,838 during 1855–1856.Winfield
Third commission She was commissioned on 1 August 1856 under the command of Commander Charles Taylor Leckie, RN for service on the East Indies and China Station.The Navy List, January 1857, page 153 With was involved with boats at Fatshan on 1 June 1857.Winfield In July 1759 Commander William Andrew James Heath, RN took command.Winfield She was in action at the Taku Forts on 26 June 1859. Commander John Crawford, RN took command on 2 January 1860.The Navy List, January 1860, page 158 She returned to Home Waters to pay off on 19 June 1861.Winfield
Disposition She was sold to Castle & Beech in July 1864 and broken at Charlton.Winfield
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