He was transferred, on 12 June 1860, to the paddle-sloop where he saw sufficient action to add the Taku and Canton clasps to his China service medal. "Furious" left Hong Kong and the China Station in March 1861 and, after a leisurely voyage home, paid off in Portsmouth on 30 August. Captain Oliver Jones of the "Furious" was entirely different from Shadwell: Fisher wrote there was a mutiny on board within his first fortnight, that Jones terrorised his crew and disobeyed orders given to him. Nonetheless, by the end of the tour he also was impressed by Fisher.