27.04.2008, 12:15
handerson Wrote:This was the marine version of the Tempest MKII.Not really.
They do share common antcestry but were as different as you and me from a gorilla.
Sea Fury was a navalized version of (go figure) Hawker Fury II. Not many of these land-based Furies were built, and they ended up serving with nations like Pakistan.
Fury II (to distinguish it from the pre-war biplane Fury) was a smaller lighter development of the Typhoon/Tempest/Tornado lineage and was in fact quite different than Tempest Mk.II.