HMS Fury (1814)
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Fury |
| Ordered: | 5 June 1813 |
| Builder: | Mrs Mary Ross, Rochester, Kent |
| Laid down: | September 1813 |
| Launched: | 4 April 1814 |
| Reclassified: | Converted to Arctic discovery vessel, 1821 |
| Fate: | Bilged in Prince Regent Inlet, Baffin Island and abandoned, 25 August 1825 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hecla-class bomb vessel |
| Tons burthen: | 372 1⁄94 tons bm |
| Length: | 105 ft (32.0 m) (overall) 86 ft 1.25 in (26.2 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 13 ft 10 in (4.22 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged |
| Complement: | 67 |
| Armament: | 10 × 24-pounder carronades 2 × 6-pounder guns 1 × 13-inch (330 mm) mortar 1 × 10-inch (250 mm) mortar |
HMS Fury was a Hecla-class bomb vessel of the British Royal Navy.
Military service
The ship was ordered on 5 June 1813 from the yard of Mrs Mary Ross at Rochester, Kent, laid down in September, and launched on 4 April 1814.
Fury saw service at the Bombardment of Algiers on 27 August 1816, under the command of Constantine Richard Moorsom.[1]
Arctic exploration
Between November 1820 and April 1821, Fury was converted to an Arctic exploration ship, and re-rated as a sloop. Commander William Edward Parry commissioned her in December 1820.
Fury then made two journeys to the Arctic, both in company with her sister ship, Hecla.
Her first Arctic journey in 1821 was Parry's second in search of the Northwest Passage. The farthest point on this trip, the perpetually frozen strait between Foxe Basin and the Gulf of Boothia, was named after the two ships: Fury and Hecla Strait.
On her second Arctic trip, Fury was commanded by Henry Parkyns Hoppner while Parry, in overall command of the expedition, moved to Hecla. This voyage was disastrous for the Fury. She was damaged by ice while overwintering and was abandoned on 25 August 1825 at what has since been called Fury Beach on Somerset Island. Her stores were unloaded onto the beach and came to the rescue of John Ross (Arctic explorer) when he lost his ship on his 1829 expedition.
Legacy
The anchor of HMS Fury is on permanent display near the court yard at the Canadian Coast Guard College
References
- Notes
- ↑ Osler, Edward (1841). The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 429. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- Bibliography
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships of the Age of Sail 1794–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
- Edinger, Ray (2003). Fury Beach: The Four-Year Odyssey of Captain John Ross and the Victory. Berkley. ISBN 0-425-18845-0.
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