HMS Furious (47)
Service
- as Furious26 June 1917 — 19482,193 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Furious
- Pennant / hull number
- 47
- Namesake
- Fury
- Builder
- Armstrong Whitworth, Wallsend
- Laid down
- 8 June 1915
- Launched
- 18 August 1916
- Commissioned
- 26 June 1917
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 1948 (1948)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications — As built
- Displacement, standard
- 19,513 long tons (19,826 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 22,890 long tons (23,257 t)
- Length
- 239.57 m (786 ft) OA
- Beam
- 26.82 m (88 ft)
- Draught
- 7.32 m (24 ft)
- Speed
- 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h, 36.2 mph)
- Complement
- 737
- Main gun
- 457 mm (18 in)
HMS Furious was a aircraft carrier of the Courageous-class battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number 47. The ship was named after Fury. Armstrong Whitworth, Wallsend laid her keel on 8 June 1915. She entered service on 26 June 1917, having been launched on 18 August 1916.
Three ships of the class were built. The class followed the HMS Eagle (1918) and was succeeded by the HMS Ark Royal (91).
Displacement was 19,513 long tons standard and 22,890 long tons at full load. She measured 239.6 m (786 ft) long with a beam of 26.8 m (88 ft). Her designed speed was 31.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 737.
Her main battery was two 457 mm (18 in) guns. Her machinery developed 90,000 shp through four shafts.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 1948.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
This vessel is recorded in 2 configurations. Wartime refits changed armament and complement substantially, so each is kept separately rather than averaged into one set of figures. The figures above are as built.
As built
- Propulsion
- 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
- Power
- 18 Yarrow boilers
- 90000 shp
- Armament
- 2 × single 18 in (457 mm) guns
- 11 × single 5.5 in (140 mm) guns
- 2 × single 3 in (76 mm) AA guns
- 2 × 21 in torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Belt: 2 - 3 in
- Decks: .75 - 3 in
- Barbettes: 3 - 7 in
- Turrets: 7 - 9 in
- Conning tower: 10 in
- Torpedo bulkheads: 1 - 1.5 in
As completed in 1925
- Displacement, standard
- 22,500 long tons (22,861 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 26,500 long tons (26,925 t)
- Length
- 239.57 m (786 ft) OA
- Beam
- 26.82 m (88 ft)
- Draught
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Speed
- 30 knots (55.6 km/h, 34.5 mph)
- Range
- 7,480 nmi (13,853 km)
- Complement
- 795
- Main gun
- 140 mm (5.5 in)
- Propulsion
- 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines
- Power
- 18 Yarrow boilers
- 90000 shp
- Armament
- 10 × single 5.5 in guns
- 6 × single 4 in (102 mm) AA guns
- Armour
- Belt: 2 - 3 in
- Decks: .75 - 1 in
- Bulkhead: 2 - 3 in
- Torpedo bulkheads: 1 - 1.5 in
- Aircraft
- 36
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Furious (47) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-f/furis-6c.htm https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-85000/NH-85717.html — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons