Five ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Furious'':
* was a 12-gun launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
* was a 12-gun launched in 1804 and sold in 1815.
* was a wooden-hulled
paddle frigate launched in 1850. She was
hulked
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in 1867 and sold in 1884.
* was an
''Arrogant''-class second class
protected cruiser launched in 1896. She was hulked in 1915 and renamed ''Forte'', and was sold in 1923.
* was a modified
''Courageous''-class battlecruiser launched in 1916. She was converted to a flush-deck
aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a ...
between 1921 and 1925 and was sold in 1948.
Battle honours
Ships named ''Furious'' have earned the following
battle honours:
*
Crimea, 1854−56
*
China
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, 1856−60
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Narvik
( se, Áhkanjárga) is the third-largest municipality in Nordland county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Narvik. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Ankenesstranda, Ball ...
, 1940
*
Norway, 1940−41, 1944
*
Malta Convoys, 1942
*
North Africa, 1942−43
See also
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Royal Navy ship names