HMS Furious

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Furious:

• HMS <i>Furious</i> <span class="nowrap">(1797)</span> was a 12-gun <i>Courser</i>-class gun-brig launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
• HMS <i>Furious</i> <span class="nowrap">(1804)</span> was a 12-gun Archer-class gun-brig launched in 1804 and sold in 1815.
• HMS Furious (1850) was a wooden-hulled paddle frigate launched in 1850. She was hulked in 1867 and sold in 1884.
• HMS <i>Furious</i> <span class="nowrap">(1896)</span> was an Arrogant-class second class protected cruiser launched in 1896. She was hulked in 1915 and renamed Forte, and was sold in 1923.
• HMS Furious (47) was a modified Courageous-class battlecruiser launched in 1916. She was converted to a flush-deck aircraft carrier between 1921 and 1925 and was sold in 1948.

Battle honours

Ships named Furious have earned the following battle honours:

• Crimea, 1854−56
• China, 1856−60
• Narvik, 1940
• Norway, 1940−41, 1944
• Malta Convoys, 1942
• North Africa, 1942−43

See also

• HMS Furieuse

List of ships with the same or similar names

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