Hawker Fury - Variants

Variants

Hawker Hornet

Single-seat fighter prototype. Powered by a Rolls Royce F.XIA and later by a 480 hp (358 kW) F.XIS. Only one was built. This aircraft was slightly smaller and lighter than the Fury and considered by Hawkers as a separate type.

Fury Mk I

Single-seat fighter version, powered by a 525 hp (391 kW) Rolls Royce Kestrel IIs piston engine.

Fury Series 1A

Single seat fighter for Yugoslavia, similar to Fury Mk I and powered by Kestrel IIS piston engine. Six built by Hawker. One was delivered fitted with a 500 hp (373 kW) Hispano-Suiza 12 NB engine, with poorer performance, and was re-fitted with a Kestrel, while a second was later used for trials with a 720 hp (537 kW) Lorraine Petrel HFrs engine.

Intermediate Fury

Test and trails aircraft, used as a prototype; one built, British civil registration G-ABSE.

High Speed Fury

Private venture. Single-seat high-speed trials and test aircraft, used as a prototype, which was developed into the Fury Mk II; one built.

Fury Mk II

Single-seat fighter version, powered by a 640 hp (477 kW) Rolls Royce Kestrel VI piston engine. First flight 3 December 1936. Total 112 built.

Yugoslav Fury

Revised single-seat fighter for Yugoslavia, powered by 745 hp Kestrel XVI piston engine, and fitted with low drag radiator and cantilever undercarriage with internally sprung wheels. Provision for an additional two machine guns under wing. Ten made by Hawker delivered 1936-37, with a further 40 licence built in Yugoslavia by Ikarus (24) and Zmaj (16).

Persian Fury

Single-seat fighter for Persia (now Iran). 16 aircraft powered by a Pratt & Whitney Hornet S2B1g radial piston engine, driving a three-bladed propeller, ordered in January 1933. A further six aircraft powered by a 550 hp (410 kW) Bristol Mercury VISP radial piston engine, fitted with a two-bladed propeller, ordered in May 1934, with several Hornet powered Furys re-engined.

Norwegian Fury

One trial aircraft, fitted with a 530 hp (395 kW) Armstrong-Siddeley Panther IIIA radial piston engine; one built for Norway.

Portuguese Fury

Modified version of the fury Mk I, three aircraft fitted with a Roll-Royce Kestrel II piston engine; three built for Portugal.

Spanish Fury

Improved version of the Fury Mk I, three aircraft fitted with a 700-hp Hispano-Suiza 12Xbrs engine; three built for Spain.