on a particular day. Despite his unblemished naval record Ross appeared unwilling to explore the various passages in the ice, and declared that a range of mountains blocked the way through the Lancaster Sound. Powered by Invision Community. Discover the Heritage & Education Centre's unique collections, from over 1.1 million digitised documents from our archive to our library catalogue of over 60,000 items. Departing the area and heading towards the Inuit, it was not long before Inuit kayaks were spotted venturing towardsHeclawith the intention of trading furs and whalebone for metal goods. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) who died 14/02/1916 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium '
These recorded the names of men joining and leaving the ship, Having contributed to the days victory,Heclareturned to England via Gibraltar and put in at Deptford while her fate was discussed at the Admiralty. victualing account John C.H.Harber, Master at Arms (responsible for Have you traced your Grandfather's personal record? dailyinfo[23]=' 9656 Private Isaac COOPER "A" Coy. Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats. going on leave, returning from leave, changing messes, becoming Naming the strait to the west after the Secretary of the Admiralty, John Barrow, it was here that they waited for a gap in the ice. It's easy! no. Three unidentified crewmen seen on HMS Hecla. From there he went to HMS Vivid for a year via HMS Diligence. Despite a huge gash in her starboard side Heclamade her own way to the South African naval base of Simon's Town in Find out more about mining of HMS Heclaand read the report of her CO Capt Law. Unfortunately i am unable to name any of the crew. The lists of survivors made aboard ship have been lost. Petty Officer Telegraphist Alfred E. Igglesden (J30077) was a member of the crew of HMS Hecla when she was sunk. One of the highlights of my job working with Project Undaunted is that I never know what I will find from one day to the next. The ship served for thirty years in this role, and various others, before finally being replaced by HMSScott in 1997. The names on this list link to further details of their lives supplied by the men themselves or their families. Just after the introduction of the theatre Edward Sabine began to produce an informative but light-hearted weekly newspaper,The North Georgia Gazette and Winter Chronicle. Having worked out a route the officers and men used saws to cut two parallel lines in the ice before cutting across and creating smaller and smaller slabs that could be pushed aside. The reported their observations in Journal of a third voyage for the discovery of a northwest passage . Leake Service Record. Where did she serve during those years ? dailyinfo[11]=' Seacunny ABDUR RAHMAN SIRAJUL HAQ S.S. MERTON HALL (Liverpool). It seems that the Hecla may have been stationed on the western side of the lough as my Grandfather is buried in Rathmullan churchyard which is to the west - a second is buried on 'the other side of the lough' in the churchyard of Lower Fahan Churchyard. The HMS Hecla was a British destroyer tender warship which was completed in January 1941; The role of the 10,850 ton ship and crew was to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of other warships A huge success, the decision was taken to perform a play every fortnight for the men, quickly adapting original writings from the crew when reading material became scarce. Fifth Army
The worst of the damage was to her workshops and storerooms, scattering and destroying dozens of mines, torpedoes, and depth charges. Royal Flying Corps who died 06/02/1918 LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium '
H.M.S. False Bay Hecladetonated a mineat 15.59 hours killing 21 of the crew (with 3 missing and 116 injured). Bluecher German Navy who died 15/02/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom '
A fourth ship, HMS Herald, was completed in the early 1970s. Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hecla, after the volcano Hekla in Iceland. Kings Royal Rifle Corps who died 02/03/1915 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium '
After the lengthy stay at Winter Harbour Parry resolved to continue his push westwards; but to no avail. (Salonika) Territorial Force Nursing Service who died 01/03/1918 KNOWLE (SS. It was at this point that Parry made the decision to push on inHeclaand rendezvous with Liddon in the middle of the Sound at 85 west. Indian Merchant Service who died 11/02/1918 BOMBAY 1914-1918 MEMORIAL, MUMBAI India '
It was on one of these days digging through a mass of correspondence and survey reports that I came across an entry for a particularly remarkable ship. Part two recounts Hecla's second Voyage to the Arctic from 1821-1823. The remainder of May and June were spent in drydock, repairing extensive underwater damage. dailyinfo[31]=' 420628 Sapper William Bayne YOUNG 63rd Field Coy. Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Hecla_(1940)&oldid=1122440886, Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II, Articles lacking in-text citations from November 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 2 Parsons geared turbines, 7,500shp (5,593kW), twin screws, This page was last edited on 17 November 2022, at 16:21. the MV. Bonham Service Record. [1] She was fitted with a hangar and helideck aft to allow operation of a single Westland Wasp helicopter, while two surveying launches were carried.[1][3]. Following the failure of British diplomacy, Lord Exmouth headed a joint Anglo-Dutch attack to finally put an end to piracy and the Christian slave trade in the Ottoman Regency of Algeria. dailyinfo[7]=' Major Surtees ATKINSON Military Cross Royal Field Artillery who died 07/02/1918 FULFORD CEMETERY United Kingdom '
no. list see: Merchant War Artists Advisory Committee purchase. Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). U-boat Attack: See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS Hecla (i) . D'Arcy Service Record. Inline images in messages are the copyright of the respective linked sites. Law, RN) struck a mine laid by Doggerbank off Capetown. With Parry commandingHecla, he was to be accompanied in his mission by the 180 ton former gun brigGriper, under Parrys long standing friend, Lieutenant Matthew Liddon. The collective names for all the men on a
During one trial cruise in Bantry Bay in late 1883 the sea "made clean sweeps over her aft, and flooder her beyond the waist, besides breaking the skylights of the deck cabins. - 12 November 1942 was extracted by TNT Records Management (now, under Hecla was a three masted full rigged ship, on a builders' measurement tonnage of 375 24/94 . A group of unidentified men from HMS Hecla. This list of the 858 officers and men aboard Hecla when she was torpedoed off the coast of North Africa on the night of 11 - 12 November 1942 was extracted by TNT Records Management (now Restore Records Management) under contract to the MOD from this reconstructed ledger in 2013. Luce Service Record. leslie briggs was a crew member of the h.m.s. No-one is actively following this thread at the moment but if you would like to post the photo either here or in a new thread I am sure it will be welcomed with interest. It is the most extensive collection of its kind with potential for ground breaking maritime study and research. The ship's Writers were responsible for keeping the This is an old thread but was wondering if anyone was still following it. The Hecla's logs are at the National Archives but cannot be downloaded so a visit would be necessary to view them if you are interested. We have place for a photo as well if provided. HMS Hecla (1824-1825) . To reduce the possibility of fraud in the Unfortunately I cannot find my note with the exact PRO(NA) reference but logs of HM Ships are generally in ADM53 - if you are able to get there it is easily located. Lloyd's Register Foundation is a Registered Charity (Reg. Gladstone Service Record. [14] By 26 SeptemberHeclaandGripersuccessfully anchored at Winter Harbour. On 15 May 1942, HMS Hecla (F 20) (Capt E.F.B. I have found a photo of stokers from around 1914-1916 which is captioned as HMS Hecla. Ships of the Royal Navy, 1882. History note. Sherwood Foresters. As the principal port for the city of Edinburgh and the southeast of Scotland, it has been fascinating to document the shipping history of Leith through the eyes of Lloyd's Register's long serving surveyor, Walter Paton. (2) 21 Sep 1942 Kenneth Charles Collings (left) and three unidentified crewmen seen on HMS Hecla. [6], Hecla soon proved herself "a very wet ship." Here's a list of the latter: CLIFFORD, Thomas William, L/Seaman, 231328, Saved, DAVIES, Thomas, Stoker P.O., 289400, Saved, GLEWES, Thomas Henry, Stoker 1c, 301394, Saved, HANNANT, Henry, Chief Stoker, 289748, Saved, KEMPSELL, Frederick Nelson, A.B., SS 4103, Saved, LANGRISH, Percy James, L/Stoker, 309994, Saved, NEWMAN, Arthur George, Stoker, K26588, Wounded slightly, PERRY, Percy Walter, A.B., J 11486, Saved, PORTER, Ernest Edward, A.B., J 15699, Wounded, SIMMONDS, James Arthur, A.B., J 9848, Saved, SIMMONDS, Sidney Albert, P.O., 180242, Saved, WHALL, William Henry, A.B., J 8352, Saved, Furtune was hit by shells from WESTFALEN, my great uncle Stoker Rainey perished, Posted on behalf of 'maverick51'. British Military History in general but mainly the period 1837-1919. self-accounting. That hit, in the engine room, was not immediately fatal to the ship. These ledgers and service These he dubbed Crokers Mountains, after the First Lord of the Admiralty. dailyinfo[1]=' Staff Nurse Edith Mary CAMMACK Associate of the Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class 4th Southern Gen. Hos. Built to withstand the recoil of heavy mortar fire and to carry explosive materials, the strength and durability of the bombs made them an ideal choice to navigate the perilous regions of the Arctic. South Lancashire Regiment who died 12/02/1917 BASRA MEMORIAL Iraq '
Their advance yielded the discovery of one smaller island, dubbed Prince Leopold Island, and a large inlet just before it on the south coast of the Sound. Royal Horse Artillery who died 21/02/1917 GUARDS CEMETERY, COMBLES France '
[2], Hecla was 260feet 2inches (79.3m) long, with a beam of 49feet 3inches (15.0m) and a draught of 15feet 5inches (4.7m). Aboard HMS Hecla (F 20) when hit on 12 Nov 1942 Kenneth Charles Collings (right) and L. Rowles possibly at Freetown, Sierra Leone. Campbell Service Record. June 27, 2017 I believe my father was a crew member on HMS Hecla. who served in the Royal Navy but when a self-accounting ship like HMS, his list of the 858 officers and men aboard, when victualing account. Regards, Reassigned, Hecla left Iceland bound for the Far East, but her journey was interrupted by an encounter with a German mine. The Great War Forum Limited NH 60288 HMS HECLA (British Torpedo Depot Ship, 1878) Download Image: Low (PNG, 319x319px, 39KB) Med (JPEG, 1280x1280px, 122KB) High (TIFF, 5724x3720px, 20MB) Title: HMS HECLA (British Torpedo Depot Ship, 1878) Caption: Note torpedo boats on deck. The National Archives.