[3] The Navy's overseer reported in a letter to the Admiralty "she moved 4 feet then burst the ways because the dog shores were not knocked away in time.

In July 1779 it was reported in the Adam's Weekly Courant newspaper of Chester that the Fury had impressed the entire crew of a whaling ship in Whitby Roads and on 31st of that month the St. James Chronicle reported that she left Leith Roads with the tenders Africa and Swan carrying 300 impressed men, the majority of whom were for the new 74-gun ship HMS Edgar.

On 4 October, Fury was back off Leith, having conducted a fruitless search on the east coast for the American John Paul Jones, reported in the Public Advertiser of London.

On 30 April 1780, Fury was part of a small Royal Navy squadron conducting operations against privateers in the English channel when three French ships were encountered off of Flamborough Head.

[8][9] Captain Squire was exonerated, the court noting he was "spirited, great, and highly to be recommended" and that he was "acquitted of every aspersion thrown upon his conduct on that day".

From January to May 1783 her captain was Commander Thomas Wells[2] who would later rise to vice admiral and commander-in-chief at the Nore and would be one of the pallbearers at the funeral of Lord Nelson.

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