H.M.S. Fury (1911)

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H.M.S. Fury (1911)
Pendant Number: H.42 (1914)
H.35 (Jan-Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: A. & J. Inglis[2]
Launched: 25 Apr, 1911[3]
Completed: February, 1912[4]
Sold: Nov, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Fury was one of twenty destroyers of the Acorn class.

Service

On 11 July, 1913, the Fury collided with the destroyer Sheldrake. Both captains were scolded for not having been on the bridge at the time of the accident.

In mid-1913, Fury was with the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 61.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 74.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 318.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 776.
  8. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  9. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 318.
  10. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  11. Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  12. Cumberlege Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/297. f. 334.
  13. Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
  14. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 394f.
  15. Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
  16. Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/43. f. 15.
  17. Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/43. f. 15.
  18. Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
  19. Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
  20. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 393x.
  21. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393x.
  22. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 797.
  23. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.

Bibliography


Acorn Class Destroyer
Acorn Alarm Brisk Sheldrake Staunch
Cameleon Comet Goldfinch Nemesis Nereide
Nymphe Fury Hope Larne Lyra
Martin Minstrel Redpole Rifleman Ruby
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