The Fury began as an attempt to make a lighter, smaller Tempest by eliminating the wing centre section and joining the outer sections on the aircraft centreline. The RAF was content with the Tempest, while the new design evolved into the naval Sea Fury. Sea trials began in 1946, followed by further development before the Mk.11 entered service in 1948. The Fleet Air Arm procured 615 of these aircraft, excluding trainers and other secondary variants from that figure. The order helped Hawker avoid a postwar collapse like Sopwith's after 1918. Naval demand again sustained the company's aircraft production.
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Sea Fury orders sustain Hawker after the war
The lightened Tempest concept evolved into the Sea Fury, whose large Fleet Air Arm order helped sustain Hawker after the war.