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Saturday, 10 September 2011

HMS Fury towards the Arctic according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 3 August 1821

London, 28 July. A transport which returned from Davis Strait reported that HMS Fury was in good condition with a healthy crew and still continuing her discovery voyage towards the Arctic.(1)

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1. A former bomb launched at the shipyard of Ross, Rochester, England on 4 April 1814, Arctic discovery vessel since 1824, bilged in ice in Regent Inlet 1 August 1825, dimensions 106 x 28½ x ?, 377 tons builders measurement, 12 guns, 2 mortars.