HMS Fury was one of 20 Acorn-class (later H-class) destroyers built for the Royal Navy that served in the First World War.

Pioneered by the Tribal class of 1905 and HMS Swift of 1907, using oil enabled a more efficient design, leading to a smaller vessel which also had increased deck space available for weaponry.

[4] The vessel carried 170 long tons (170 t) of fuel oil which gave a range of 1,540 nautical miles (2,850 km; 1,770 mi) at a cruising speed of 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph).

[9] The destroyer was later modified to carry a single Vickers QF 3-pounder 2 in (47 mm) anti-aircraft gun and depth charges for anti-submarine warfare.

& J. Inglis at the company's Pointhouse shipyard in Glasgow on 3 March 1910, launched on 23 April the following year and completed in February 1912.

[6][16] After the dreadnought battleship Audacious struck a naval mine on 27 October, Fury was one of the vessels sent out as a rescue party.

[17] On 8 August 1915, the destroyer joined an anti-submarine patrol led by Admiral Bayly off the southern coast of Ireland.

[23][24] After the Armistice of 11 November 1918, the Royal Navy needed to return to a peacetime level of strength and both the number of ships and the amount of staff reduced to save money.

The harsh conditions of wartime operations, particularly the combination of high speed and poor weather, exacerbated by the fact that the hull was not galvanised, meant that the destroyer was worn out.