Jeffreys Service Record. These include musters, playlists, logs, charts, journals by various officers etc. On 15 May 1942 she struck, amidships, one of 80 mines laid a month prior by the auxiliary minelayer Doggerbank, killing 24 and wounding another 112 men. It's easy! The submarine fired a spread of four torpedoes at its target, though only one hit. Displacement was 1,915 long tons (1,946t) light and 2,733 long tons (2,777t) full load, with a gross tonnage of 2,898. Backed by a wind pushing her further into the Lancaster Sound, two shores could be seen, rocky and mountainous to the south, and another, smooth and lower to the north. I believe this may be the photo in question ( stokers HMS Hecla), You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. As they progressed the strait became harder and harder to traverse, large sheets of ice increasingly blocking the path. the MV. 10 Local War Memorials
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Hecla was a civilian ship, British Crown purchased on the stocks for use as a depot ship. 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. With her steering gear out of commission, the cruiser HMSGambia towed Hecla to Simonstown, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa for repairs. From there he went to HMS Vivid for a year via HMS Diligence. For details of how to apply for the service records of a family member on this Hecla was a civilian ship, British Crown purchased on the stocks for use as a depot ship. 1969-jul-26. A fourth ship, HMS Herald, was completed in the early 1970s. Michael W. Pocock Webmaster. Home Page for HMS Hecla, the destroyer depot ship torpedoed off north Africa, Armistice Day 1942 A HARD FOUGHT SHIP The story of HMS Venomous In memory of those who died when HMS Hecla sank on Armistice Day 1942 If you have stories to tell about HMS Hecla do please get in touch Phone: +44 1727-838595 who served in the Royal Navy but when a self-accounting ship like HMS, his list of the 858 officers and men aboard, when Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats. at Simon's Town, South Africa, while under repair after being mined. Powered by Invision Community. She had a range of 12,000 nautical miles (22,000km; 14,000mi) at a speed of 11 knots (20km/h; 13mph) and 20,000 nautical miles (37,000km; 23,000mi) at 9 knots (17km/h; 10mph). St. John Service Record. gun. With navigation proving ever more perilous to the west and ice beginning to form onHeclasrigging, Parry took the decision to turn east and seek out winter quarters. [Click on 'Add Reply' in the bottom right corner, rather than 'Report', to post a message]. commissioned the ship's complement would join her from the Naval Headed by Commander Sir John Ross, the expedition had been launched with the intention of exploring Baffin Bay and finding a Northwest Passage to the Pacific. After two attempts to sail through Fury and Hecla Strait were hindered by the ice, Parry was forced to return to England . After re-joiningGriperthe expedition continued to push westwards. On 21 April 1971, two launches attached to HMS Hecate were towed out to sea and bombed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army while the vessels were moored at Baltimore, Republic . False Bay Hecladetonated a mineat 15.59 hours killing 21 of the crew (with 3 missing and 116 injured). HMS Hecla was the lead ship of the Hecla class, an oceangoing survey ship type in the Royal Navy. Inscription. Hecla shuddered and listed, a 21" port sub torpedo hit amidships (in the Navel reports 2 torpedoes, At 11 p.m. hit amidships. 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. [2]Designed by Sir Henry Peake and constructed by the master shipbuilders Barksworth & Hawkes, of North Barton, Hull, she was launched on 22 July 1815. Fortunately, none of these detonated. Officers' Records were kept by the Admiralty - not on board. Wilson Service Record. Appointments as a Fleet Chief alternated between Captain (H) organization ashore in Devonport and seagoing in Naval Party 1008. cooks, stewards, Stores Assistants would have reported through their My Grandfather, Percy Johnson, was a crew member and is shown in the main photograph . Lloyd's Register Foundation is a Registered Charity (Reg. She was ordered in the mid-1960s, along with her sister ships HMSHecate and HMSHydra. chain of command to the. You can e-mail us the information here. Prior to WW1 he was a Stoker aboard the HMS Algerine at the Taku Forts during the Boxer Rebellion - I am lucky enough to have his China Medal with the Taku clasp. The ship was decommissioned in 1990.. History. My great grandfather was Stoker 1st Class James William Pope on HMS Hecla between Nov 1914 and 19 April 1916 . dailyinfo[25]=' 262952 Private Archibald Stanley BURGNEAY 8th Bn. What happened to her ? self-accounting. [13] Winter approached far sooner than was expected andHeclaandGriperwere forced to proceed eastwards as quickly as possible for fear of becoming trapped in the ice. http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=H.M.S._Hecla_(1878)&oldid=331946. [5]With severe reductions in naval strength and manpower and the sale or demolition of British warships, the future of vessels likeHeclaappeared uncertain. and Gen. Hos. The National Archives. Heclawas a three masted full rigged ship, on a builders measurement tonnage of 375 24/94 and measured 105 feet in length. We can reunite you with your friends who served at HMS Hecla and we have a wealth of information on different units, bases and ships in the site. Once able to proceed, Parry was anxious to exploit his good fortune and droveHeclaandGriperas quickly as the passage would allow, believing the sea to be navigable for only six more weeks. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Hecla. Show more. Nottingham Forest FC. 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Kenneth Charles Collings (left) and three unidentified crewmen seen on HMS Hecla. 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. dailyinfo[21]=' L/32287 Driver John Frampton GAZE "O" Bty. These ledgers and service Sign up for a new account in our community. going on leave, returning from leave, changing messes, becoming Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hecla, after the volcano Hekla in Iceland. A133 HMS Hecla present at Plymouth Navy Days 1967. He was awarded DSO, DSC, Coix de Guirre.". dailyinfo[28]=' 19673 Leading Aircraftman Samuel Ambrose TICKNER Meritorious Service Medal No. The National Archives. Kenneth Charles Collings (right) and L. Rowles possibly at Freetown, Sierra Leone. A fourth ship, HMS Herald, was completed in the early 1970s. Was she attached to a specific squadron or flotilla ? In July she conducted trials and then returned to drydock for additional work, finally returning to operational status in September. HMS Hecla, (ex-"British Crown" ) launched 1878, 6,400 tons, 4-12 pdr guns. If you search the National Archives using Discovery you find 28 entries for the period you give. Charlton Service Record. list see: Merchant [5] In 1982, Hecla was used as an ambulance ship for the duration of the Falklands War. 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. Officers and men in the Hit by U-boat Sunk on 12 Nov 1942 by U-515 (Henke). InHeclaParry had achieved more than any other Arctic expedition, and it was not long afterwards that the Admiralty announced she was to be fitted out for a return voyage. 1145988) and limited company (Reg. April 14, 2010: George Male (left) survivor of HMS Hecla seen shaking hands with Harry Haddon, one of the crewmen of HMS Venomous D-75 which rescued him and hundreds of others after Hecla was torpedoed seen at the National Museum of the Royal Navy during the launch of the book A Hard Fought Ship: The Story of HMS Venomous. [8] These provisions were expected to last the expedition for up to two years, anything else needed would have to be caught or hunted, or traded for with the Inuit. HMS Hecla (1824-1825) . I have found a photo of stokers from around 1914-1916 which is captioned as HMS Hecla. She was ordered in the mid-1960s, along with her sisters ships HMS Hecate and HMS Hydra. H.H. Royal Army Medical Corps who died 22/02/1919 NUNHEAD (ALL SAINTS) CEMETERY United Kingdom '
H.M.S. After goodbyes had been said and the crowds of well-wishers had departed, HMSHeclaand HMSGriperleft Britain on 11 May 1819. Further on, news fromHeclascrows nest reported to Parry that a great expanse of ice blocked their westerly passage past Prince Leopold Island. Surgeon Lieutenant Commander. Keep your eyes on the Centre's social media channels for part two of our Hecla Rediscovered series! On his return towards the Lancaster SoundHeclasighted three whaling ships. she was torpedoed off the coast of North Africa on the night of 11 Is there a crew list of HMS hecla during world war 2? She was ordered in the mid-1960s, along with her sister ships HMS Hecate and HMS Hydra. As luck had it Parry chose the right option, and the ships were able to head northwest through a breach in the icefields on 21 August. on a particular day. When a warship was first 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. Many of the photographs are assumed to have been taken earlier than 1882, some dating back to the 1860s. We also have a detailed page on the British destroyer tender HMS Hecla (F 20). Anyhow he survived so if there was just one he was it. from the names on this list to further details of their lives on Unfortunately i am unable to name any of the crew. Outreach, Education and Research Key Performance Indicators, Hecla Rediscovered: The Story of an Arctic Explorer pt.2, Hecla Rediscovered: The Story of an Arctic Explorer pt.3, Hecla Rediscovered: The Story of an Arctic Explorer pt.1. It is the most extensive collection of its kind with potential for ground breaking maritime study and research. Design and construction [ edit] The Hecla -class were designed as combined hydrographic and oceanographic survey ships, built to merchant ship standards and of similar design to RRS Discovery. Gallwey Service Record. Johnny Harber, Master of Arms, compiled a list of the men saved by HMS, . During that time both ships companies carved a record of their stay on Melville Island on the landscapes only feature for miles around, a large boulder. Kings Royal Rifle Corps who died 02/03/1915 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium '
Work was also set about constructing a house for the expeditions scientific instruments and an observatory for Sabine. Widely criticised, Ross expedition was regarded as a failure; the very existence of Crokers Mountains contested publicly. Irish Military History mainly 1798, 1916 and 1919-23. Reassigned, Hecla left Iceland bound for the Far East, but her journey was interrupted by an encounter with a German mine.
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The collection held by the Lloyd's Register Foundation (LRF) comprises survey reports, plans and correspondence that relate to specific ships that were surveyed between 1834 and the late 1960s. Trips to the shore were quickly organised for the purposes of securing fuel for the ships stoves, hunting game when the meat stores ran low, and for establishing vantage points for those venturing inland to find their way back to the ships. The National Archives. dailyinfo[29]=' Oberleutnant zur See Axel Carl Ludwig VON SCHOENERMARCK S.M.S. (Salonika) Territorial Force Nursing Service who died 01/03/1918 KNOWLE (SS. var dailyinfo= new Array(31)
Nicholas Service Record. Notes on event 5th Bde. In these vessels Parry and his men had ventured further west into the Arctic Circle than any other known people, entitling them to a reward of 5000 granted by the Kings Order in Council and enacted in an Act of Parliament known as the Longitude Acts. Once again encountering a solid mass of ice blocking their way, with no other way to turn, the two crews set about cutting their way through towards what had been dubbed Hecla and Griper Bay. dailyinfo[3]=' 45 Gunner HAZURA SINGH 31st Mountain Battery Indian Mountain Artillery who died 03/03/1920 TEHRAN MEMORIAL Iranm '
HMS Thunderer [1872], (starboard broadside view) 4 guns double screw ship, iron turret ship, armour-plated 9190 (4407 . You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time. Crew List is more familiar outside the Navy I thought it appropriate to RootsChat.com cannot be held responsible directly or indirectly for the messages or content posted by others. By 1817, after the victory against Napoleonic rule in Europe and the woeful state of Britains national debt, the British government was no longer willing to support a wartime navy. HMS_HECLA-Crew List Crew list and index to the lives of the 658 men in HMS HECLA when she was torpedoed and sunk on 11 - 12 November 1942 A HARD FOUGHT SHIP The story of HMS Venomous Crew List & Index The Ship's Complement of HMS Hecla on Armistice Day 1942, the day she was torpedoed and sunk Merchant The National Archives. List of ships with the same or similar names, Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Hecla&oldid=1050229959, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 16 October 2021, at 15:50. Leake Service Record. Famous throughout the world for her voyages of discovery to the Arctic in search of the fabled Northwest Passage; she had been sold into private hands and slipped into anonymity, her fate unknown. From the log of the Hecla I was able to see the arrangements for the burial party, the funeral party and the firing party - all of which came from the Hecla. Navigating a treacherous path through ice floes that nearly crushed the two ships, halted at 113 46 33 west Parry finally decided to turn back and search for another route to the south. My grandfather K16869 Leading Stoker William Sewell served mainly on Cruisers before, during and after the the war but, during 1917-18 he was on the Depot Ship H.M.S. Vital supplies, upper spars, rigging and boats were removed and safely buried in the snow, awnings were erected to cover the upper decks of the ships, and stove pipes were fitted for the circulation of warm air below decks. [9]Parry had decisively proved that Crokers Mountains did not exist, and on 2 August 1819,Heclasailed straight through them. Parrys orders from the Admiralty Board explained that he was to proceed north towards Baffin Island, into Sir James Lancaster Sound, and if able to find any passage westwards, push through the ice and make his way to the Behrings Strait. With the possibility of a Northwest Passage still hanging in the balance, the Admiralty Board agreed to fund a new expedition; this time under the command of the gifted Lieutenant William Edward Parry.[6]. At the ripe age of 15 years old HMS Hecla was formally decommissioned and sold in April 1831 for 1,990, just shy of 100,000 in modern money. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Middlesex Regiment who died 17/02/1917 REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT France '
Go to MaritimeQuest - HMS Hecla Message Board Bomb vessels likeHeclabecame a popular choice for polar exploration during this period. ledgers and service certificates were held by the "depot" at the Home Port. [3] The ship had a complement of 127 officers and other ranks. dailyinfo[22]=' 25368 Quartermaster Serjeant Leonard Henry CADE Meritorious Service Medal 12th Coy. 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. A group of unidentified men from HMS Hecla. JOHN THE BAPTIST, LAWRENCE AND ANN) CHURCHYARD United Kingdom '
The ship was towed by HMS Gambia (48) (Capt M.J. Mansergh, RN) to Simonstown, where she was repaired for 18 weeks. Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats HMS Hecla (F 20) British destroyer tender Photo from Imperial War Museum (IWM), FL-22892 This is a listing of people associated with this ship. Willan Service Record. In addition to ample space for stores to resupply shorter-ranged destroyers at sea, Hecla boasted 20,000sqft (1,900m2) of workshop space and three cranes, one rated at 10-tons and the other two at 4-tons apiece. beneath my father's name as Chief Engineer. 24 crew members were lost. for the men. The National Archives. On the 12 August 1819, the birthday of the Prince Regent, Parry named the inlet in his honour before finally turning back towards Lancaster Sound. The sinking resulted in 281 casualties. War Artists Advisory Committee purchase. The National Archives. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Royal Horse Artillery who died 21/02/1917 GUARDS CEMETERY, COMBLES France '
Originally torpedo depot ship and played important role in developing British torpedo forces she became a Destroyer Depot ship. dailyinfo[16]=' 26810 Corporal James PETERS Mentioned in Despatches 13th Bn. Hecla was a three masted full rigged ship, on a builders' measurement tonnage of 375 24/94 . [3] Her armament consisted of one 13 inch mortar, one 10 inch mortar, eight 24 pounder carronades, and six 2 pounder guns. 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. mejestic in 1929. departed from south hampton,england and arrived in new york on june 1929. i would like. Sadly the body of the third man was never found and he is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. RootsChat.com is a totally free family history forum to help you. HMS Hecla (F20) was a destroyer tender of the Royal Navy in World War II. In the early hours of the morning on 12 November 1942, Hecla was torpedoed by U-515 under the command of Werner Henke. A further addition to the story is . (2) 21 Sep 1942 Hope this helps. dailyinfo[10]=' Second Lieutenant Spencer Noel HUMPHREYS Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches 116th Bde. No other expedition had ever wintered with ships as far north as Parry was to attempt. This page was last modified on 16 September 2022, at 17:39. dailyinfo[4]=' Matrose Paul KURZKE Torpedoboot "G85" German Navy who died 04/03/1919 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom '
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gun. I for one would be most interested in seeing the photograph if you are able to share it here. Reply #1 on: Thursday 08 December 16 18:26 GMT (UK) . According to figures I have, there was a total of 83 souls on HMS Fortune when sunk 01/06/1916: 66 were killed and there were 17 survivors. HMS Hecla (Capt. Much to the frustration of the appointed astronomer, Edward Sabine, and the second in command, Lieutenant Parry, Ross cut his expedition short and returned to Britain. You can click on any of the names for possible additional information. Pay and Victualing Ledgers for the ship and the Service Certificates Aircraft. Law, RN) struck a mine laid by Doggerbank off Capetown. History note. Thought I had a picture somewhere, but I was mistaken. dailyinfo[2]=' 8020 Serjeant Charles POOLE "C" Coy. 3rd Bn. My Grandfather and two other seamen were drowned in the Lough on 7th April 1918 when their ship (HMS Nicator) arrived. The submarine followed its first four shots with three additional torpedoes, sinking the ship approximately 180mi (290km) west of Gibraltar. dailyinfo[12]=' Captain Glanvill Richard CATTARNS Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches 6th Bn. A fourth ship, HMSHerald, was completed in the early 1970s. var mydate=new Date()
For quite some time I have been cataloguing the earliest LRF records for the port of Leith. The following names on the list can not be confirmed as being on board: McCoy, James A Captain Gow, James A Canteen Manager Service history [ edit] He was promoted to Fleet Chief in 1981, whilst serving at the school. I believe that they have now been filmed. Messages 1 through 24. 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. The Home Port for HMS. HMS Hecla was a base ship and few actually served on her. Parry was subsequently commissioned to command a second British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, 1821-1823, setting out in HMS Fury and HMS Hecla to search for a passage along the west coast of the unexplored Foxe Basin. The explosion hit amidships, put the steering gear out of action and caused a big leak. '[18] In these amusing stories these pages show that the officers and men of Parrys Expedition had not only survived the harsh Arctic winter, but also kept their good humour, retained their optimism, and thrived. dailyinfo[9]=' 910311 Private Charles Henry CROMWELL 2nd Canadian Constr. 7905861) registered in England and Wales, and owner of Lloyd's Register Group Limited. If you have found out any more information regarding HMS Hecla I would be grateful if you could share it. H.M.S. Promoted to CPO(SR) in around 1975/76, Bernie spent time in drafts at the Hydrographic school and in HMS Hecla. Part two recounts Hecla's second Voyage to the Arctic from 1821-1823. This will be the destroyer or patrol vessel the sailor actually served on. The reported their observations in Journal of a third voyage for the discovery of a northwest passage . 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. Object details Category Art Related period Sherwood Foresters. 18. Royal Field Artillery who died 10/02/1917 DOIRAN MEMORIAL Greece '
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