HMS Furious (1850)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Furious
Ordered	25 April 1847
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard/ Miller & Ravenhill
Laid down	June 1848
Launched	26 August 1850
Commissioned	18 February 1853
Out of service	Became a coal hulk at Portsmouth, March 1867
Fate	Sold for breaking up 1884
General characteristics
Class and type	Furious-class frigate
Tons burthen	1,287 tons
Length	206 ft (63 m)
Beam	36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Propulsion	2-cylinder oscillating engines; paddle wheels; 400 nhp; sails;
Complement	175
Armament	16 guns: 10 x 32pdr guns (Middle deck) 2 x 10in guns on pivots (Upper deck) 4 x 32pdr guns (Upper deck)

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.

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

"The Combined Fleets of England and France". The Morning Chronicle. No. 27117. London. 21 November 1853.
"Italy". The Morning Chronicle. No. 27257. London. 4 May 1854.
Beasley, William G. (2013). Great Britain and the Opening of Japan 1834-1858. Routledge. p. 170. ISBN 978-1134244744. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif, The Sail and Steam Navy List, All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889, pub Chatham, 2004, ISBN 1-86176-032-9

HMS Furious along with 14 gunboats sent as reinforcements to the China squadron, en route to China, at Funchal in 1857

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[MC211153-1] "The Combined Fleets of England and France". The Morning Chronicle. No. 27117. London. 21 November 1853.

[MC040554-2] "Italy". The Morning Chronicle. No. 27257. London. 4 May 1854.

[Beasley_2013-3] Beasley, William G. (2013). Great Britain and the Opening of Japan 1834-1858. Routledge. p. 170. ISBN 978-1134244744. Retrieved 21 February 2019.