AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1931

Aircraft hub · 1931 · Interwar

Hawker Fury & Nimrod

First RAF fighter past 200 mph, and its naval twin — the last word in an argument monoplanes were about to win. The gazetteer currently lists it at 2 UK museums.

1931
First flight
~450
Built
207 mph
Top speed
2
Museums

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the Hawker Fury & Nimrod in the UK

The gazetteer records 3 Hawker Fury & Nimrod airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 2 UK collections, in 2 regions: East of England, London & Around.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
Brooklands MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Weybridge London & Around Hawker Fury I replica BAPC.249 Replica
IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 Cambridge East of England Hawker Nimrod I S1581
Hawker Fury I K5674

3D model

The Fury I in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as K5674, the Historic Aircraft Collection’s airworthy Hawker Fury I, delivered in 1935 and flown with No. 43 Squadron at Tangmere as Flying Officer Frederick Rosier’s personal aircraft, shipped to the South African Air Force in 1940, recovered from South Africa as wreckage and rebuilt by Retrotec to fly again in 2012 as G-CBZP with its 525 hp Rolls-Royce Kestrel IIS, kept at Duxford: Sydney Camm’s single-seat interceptor of 1931, the first RAF fighter to exceed 200 mph, a single-bay staggered biplane of 30 ft span with a chin radiator between the undercarriage legs, shown in No. 43 Squadron markings: polished metal forward panels and silver dope elsewhere, two rows of black and cream checks on the fuselage sides and across the upper wing, type A roundels on the fuselage, on top of the upper wing and under the lower wing, a red fin with the squadron’s gamecock badge, black ‘K5674’ on the rear fuselage and under the lower wings, ‘K’ over ‘5674’ on the rudder, a red spinner and wheel discs and a black two-bladed Watts propeller, as it flies from Duxford. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (827 KB) · Plate 47 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde, BAC One-Eleven, Harrier family, Hawker Hunter, Hawker Hurricane.

Where the type is thickest

East of England has 1 collection recording the type.

Type notes

The Hawker Fury & Nimrod in brief

TypeHawker Fury & Nimrod
UK museums holding one2
Airframes recorded in this survey3

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many Hawker Fury & Nimrod airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 3 Hawker Fury & Nimrod airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Hawker Fury & Nimrod airframes?

IWM Duxford has the most in this survey, with 2 recorded airframes.