This Sea Fury was manufactured by Hawker Aircraft Limited in Kingston, United Kingdom in 1948. It was accepted by the RCN in May of that year. Bancroft Industries Limited of Montreal donated it to the Museum in 1963. Fairey Aviation and a RCN unit at Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia restored the aircraft between 1963 and 1964.
Hawker Sea Fury
FB.11
The Hawker Fury was designed as a smaller and lighter version of the Hawker Tempest. The Sea Fury FB.11 was a fighter-bomber capable of carrying bombs and rockets under its wings. Sea Furys served with the RCN until they were retired in 1956.