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HMS Furious

HMS Furious was a member of the Courageous class.

Courageous classRoyal NavyWorld War I, Interwar period, World War IIVerified subject image
A view of the British battlecruiser HMS Furious as originally completed, clearly showing her single gun aft. She had a flying-off deck for aircraft forward.
A view of the British battlecruiser HMS Furious as originally completed, clearly showing her single gun aft. She had a flying-off deck for aircraft forward.Scanned from page 82 of Hodges, Peter, The Big Gun: Battleship Main Armament 1860-1945 , Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1981, ISBN 0-87021-917-0 · Public domainImage source
ClassCourageous class
NavyRoyal Navy
CountryUnited Kingdom
Builder / shipyardArmstrong Whitworth, Elswick
Laid down1915-06-08
Launched1916-08-18
Completed1917-06-26
Recorded statusScrapped

What is known about this ship

HMS Furious was a member of the Courageous class.

Service history

Completed in an experimental configuration and progressively converted for aircraft operations during World War I.

Class context: Courageous class

Courageous class was a wartime naval design associated with the 1914–1918 expansion of fleet capabilities.

Later service and disposition

sold for breaking up.

This ship is recorded as a member of Courageous class. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.

Sources and further reading

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921Conway Maritime Press
  2. BattlecruisersChatham Publishing
  3. Courageous-class battlecruiser ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-18
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