HMS Furious was a 16 gun steam powered paddle wheel frigate of the Royal Navy built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 26 August 1850. She was the lead ship of the two ship class of Furious-class frigate. She was built at a cost of £64,794, of which her machinery cost £24,577.

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Furious
Ordered25 April 1847
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard/ Miller & Ravenhill
Laid downJune 1848
Launched26 August 1850
Commissioned18 February 1853
Out of serviceBecame a coal hulk at Portsmouth, March 1867
FateSold for breaking up 1884
General characteristics
Class and typeFurious-class frigate
Tons burthen1,287 tons
Length206 ft (63 m)
Beam36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Propulsion
Complement175
Armament16 guns:

10 x 32pdr guns (Middle deck) 2 x 10in guns on pivots (Upper deck)

4 x 32pdr guns (Upper deck)

On 29 October 1853, Furious struck a sunken rock in the Dardanelles 20 nautical miles (37 km) from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire and was damaged. Consequently, Admiral Dundas transferred his flag to HMS Tiger.[1] On 15 April 1854, she sank the corvette Andromache at Odessa after coming under fire from shore-based artillery.[2]

Furious at Sebastopol, during the first day's attack by the allied fleet and armies of France and England on 17 October 1854

Furious was sent with 14 gunboats as reinforcements to the China squadron in 1857.[3]

She became a coal hulk at Portsmouth in March 1867 and was sold for breaking up in 1884 to Castle, of Charlton.

References

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  1. ^ "The Combined Fleets of England and France". The Morning Chronicle. No. 27117. London. 21 November 1853.
  2. ^ "Italy". The Morning Chronicle. No. 27257. London. 4 May 1854.
  3. ^ Beasley, William G. (2013). Great Britain and the Opening of Japan 1834-1858. Routledge. p. 170. ISBN 978-1134244744. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
 
HMS Furious along with 14 gunboats sent as reinforcements to the China squadron, en route to China, at Funchal in 1857