HAWKER SEA FURY
- The Hawker Seay Fury was a navalised variant of Hawker
Fury 1 in response to Specification N.7/43, to be developed by Boulton
Paul under Hawker supervision. Three prototypes ordered 1944, of which
first (SR661) flown by Hawker on February 21, 1945, with Centaurus XII
engine. Subsequent prototypes, one each by Hawker and Boulton Paul, completed
post-war, and Hawker Sea Fury production ordered in April 1944, to Specification
N.22/43.
Max speed, 460 mph (740 km/h)
at 18,000ft (5,486 m). Gross weight, 12,500 Ib (5,670 kg). Span, 38ft
43/4 in (11.70 m). Length, 34 ft 3 in (10.44m).
