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Fury (PG 69)
ex-HMS Larkspur (K 82)



Fury call sign:
November - Foxtrot - Charlie - Uniform

Fury served the Navies of Great Britain and the United States.


British Flower Class Corvette/Temptress Class Patrol Gunboat: Laid down in 1941 as the "Flower Class" corvette HMS Larkspur (K 82) by Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley, Scotland; Transferred to the U.S. Navy and commissioned USS Fury (PG-69), 17 March 1942 at Liverpool, England; Decommissioned 22 August 1945 at Harwich, England and returned to the Royal Navy; Sold into merchantile service in 1946 and renamed Larkslock; Scrapped at Hong Kong
in 1953.

Specifications: Displacement 925 t; Length 205' 2"; Beam 33'; Draft 14' 7"; Speed 16.5 kts; Complement 87; Armament one 4" gun mount, one 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm guns, two dct, four dcp, one hedgehog dcp.


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