Ten ships of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Fury'', whilst another was planned but later cancelled: * was a 14-gun launched in 1779 and broken up in 1787. * was a

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commissioned in 1782. She was one of 12 that the garrison at Gibraltar launched during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. Each was armed with an 18-pounder gun, and received a crew of 21 men drawn from Royal Navy vessels stationed at Gibraltar. provided ''Fury''s crew. * was a 16-gun ''Hound''-class sloop launched in 1790. She was converted into a 16-gun

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in 1798 and broken up in 1811. Because ''Fury'' served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the

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authorised in 1850 for all surviving claimants. * was a 4-gun gunboat, previously a Dutch

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purchased in 1794 and sold in 1802. * HMS ''Fury'' was to have been an 8-gun bomb vessel. She was ordered in 1812, but the order was cancelled the following year. * was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1814. She made two voyages of exploration to the

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, but on the second one in 1825, she was damaged by ice and abandoned. * was a wood paddle vessel purchased in 1834 and broken up in 1843. * was a wooden ''Bulldog''-class paddle sloop launched in 1845 and sold in 1864. * HMS ''Fury'' was a turret ship renamed before being launched in 1875. * was an launched in 1911 and sold in 1921. * was an F-class destroyer launched in 1934, damaged by a mine in 1944 and broken up later that year.

Other vessels

*''Fury'' may have been one of two schooners built at Calcutta for the Bengal Government in 1799. She served for three years in the Red Sea before being turned over to the government in Bombay. The other was ''Wasp''. They both supported General Baird's expedition to Egypt to help General

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expel the French there.''Asiatic Annual Register...'' (1805) Vol, 7, pp.145-149.

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* ''The Asiatic Annual Register, Or, a View of the History of Hindustan and of the Politics, Commerce and Literature of Asia'', vol. 7. (1805). (Debrett). * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fury, Hms Royal Navy ship names