HMS Fury (1794)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Fury.

HMS Ferret was a Dutch hoy of the same name that the Admiralty purchased in 1794 for use as a gun-boat. It sold her in May 1802.

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Fury
Acquired	3 February 1794 (by purchase)
Commissioned	March 1794
Fate	Sold May 1802
General characteristics [1]
Type	Hoy
Tons burthen	55,[2] or 56 (bm)
Length	57 ft 10 in (17.6 m) (overall) 50 ft 2+1⁄2 in (15.3 m) (keel)
Beam	14 ft 6 in (4.4 m)
Depth of hold	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	sloop
Complement	30
Armament	1 × 24-pounder gun + 3 × 32-pounder carronades

Career

Fury underwent fitting at Deptford in March–April 1794. Lieutenant Joseph Tokely commissioned her in March 1794.Lieutenant Francis Fraser replaced Tokely in May 1795. Fury was paid off in February 1796, but Lieutenant David Burn recommissioned her in September.^[1]

On 13 July 1797 Fury brought in to Portsmouth an open boat French privateer, of 14 men. The privateer had grounded on the Shingles at the entrance to the Channel while in chase of the Cowes pilot boat. The master of the privateer had already been captured nine times before.^[3]

On 10 August Fury captured the French privateer Invisible.^[4]

Lieutenant A. Everell replaced Burn in January 1799 (acting). Lieutenant John Roberts commanded Fury from 1800.^[1]

Fury was one of five vessels that shared in the proceeds of the capture on 13 March 1801 of the French vessel Cosmopolite.^[5]

Fate

The "Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered "Fury gun-vessel, 55 Tons, lying at Portsmouth", for sale on 12 May 1802.^[2] She sold at Portsmouth in May.^[1]