HMS ''Fury'' was a of the British

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Military service

The ship was ordered on 5 June 1813 from the yard of Mrs Mary Ross, at

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, 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 Vice-Admiral Constantine Richard Moorsom (22 September 1792 – 26 May 1861) was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy. He commanded HMS ''Fury'' a ''Hecla''-class bomb vessel which saw wartime service in the Bombardment of Algiers, an attack on B ...

Arctic exploration

Between November 1820 and April 1821, ''Fury'' was converted to an

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exploration ship and re-rated as a

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. Commander

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commissioned her in December 1820, and ''Fury'' then made two journeys to the Arctic, both in company with her

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, . Her first Arctic journey, in 1821, was Parry's second in search of the

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. The farthest point on this trip, the perpetually frozen strait between

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and the

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, was named after the two ships:

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. On her second Arctic trip, ''Fury'' was commanded by

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while Parry, in overall command of the expedition, moved to ''Hecla''. This voyage was disastrous for ''Fury''. She was damaged by ice at the start of the second season and was eventually abandoned on 25 August 1825,Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1824-25 in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Fury, Under the Orders of Captain William Edward Parry... London (1826) at what has since been called Fury Beach on Somerset Island. Her stores were unloaded onto the beach and later came to the rescue of John Ross, who travelled overland to the abandoned cache when he lost his ship further south in the

on his 1829 expedition.

Legacy

In 1956, Captain T.C. Pullen, RCN, sailed HMCS ''Labrador'' on an expedition through the Northwest Passage. During this voyage ''Labrador'' recovered two Admiralty Pattern anchors on Fury Beach, Somerset Island. The anchors were left there in 1825 by the crews of ''Fury'' and ''Hecla'', together with stores, boats, and other items. The anchors had been a landmark for sailors for 136 years. ''Labrador'' transported the artifacts to

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, and they were placed in the

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(1961). In 1972, ''Fury''s anchors were moved to CCG Base Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. In 1981, the anchors were removed to the

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. In 1991, the relics were prepared to be part of a popular exhibit. On 6 May 1998, the anchors were donated by the Canadian Forces Maritime Command (MARCOM) to the

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. Currently, the anchors are displayed at the northeastern corner of the parade square, and are in the custody of le Musèe du Fort Saint-Jean. Ancres Fury

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