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. HMS Hecla (1824-1825) . On the night of 5 November both crews were called toHeclafor the opening of the North Georgia Theatre and a performance of the play Little Miss in Her Teens by Parry and his officers. who served in the Royal Navy but when a self-accounting ship like HMS, his list of the 858 officers and men aboard, when She was ordered in the mid-1960s, along with her sister ships HMS Hecate and HMS Hydra. The ship was in total darkness. Powered by Invision Community. D'Arcy Service Record. Unfortunately i am unable to name any of the crew. [2], Hecla was 260feet 2inches (79.3m) long, with a beam of 49feet 3inches (15.0m) and a draught of 15feet 5inches (4.7m). Over the course of the next few days, Parry set about naming the many bays, inlets and islands they passed; the most important being Croker Bay, Navy Board Inlet, and Admiralty Inlet. Relying on anonymous submissions, the paper boasted news updates, a theatre review, songs, poems and even adverts; all of which were copied into a book and circulated among the crew. You can e-mail us the information here. 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. A sketch made by Lt Herbert Hastings McWillias SANF aboard HMS, The following names can not be confirmed as being on board, The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI), but without the live links to further details about the lives of the men in, Paymaster Captain, Paymaster Captain (S) Frank Leonard Monk RNR (1892-1942), list of those killed or Missing Presumed Killed var dailyinfo= new Array(31) The Hecla class were designed as combined hydrographic and oceanographic survey ships, built to merchant ship standards and of similar design to RRSDiscovery. I suspect she was based there much longer as the Lough is very deep and was used by the Atlantic Fleet as a haven. dailyinfo[19]=' Lieutenant Colonel Harry LA TROBE CAMPBELL Distinguished Service Order, Territorial Decoration, Three times Mentioned in Despatches Royal Engineers who died 19/02/1919 BRISTOL (CANFORD) CEMETERY United Kingdom ' For much of this period, Parry and his officers were employed charting shoal waters, recording sightings of Arctic wildlife, and transferring large quantities of ice to both ships for drinking water. In November 1818, Arctic explorers HMSIsabellaand HMSAlexanderreturned to London after less than ten months. Edith Cavell (100th Anniversary of Execution 12th Oct 2015). The names on this list link to further details of their lives supplied by the men themselves or their families. 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. dailyinfo[8]=' Ersatz-Reservist August KOOP 5./I.R.425 German Army who died 08/02/1919 ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium ' For quite some time I have been cataloguing the earliest LRF records for the port of Leith. ledgers and service certificates were held by the "depot" at the Home Port. 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. June 27, 2017 I believe my father was a crew member on HMS Hecla. These include musters, playlists, logs, charts, journals by various officers etc. Find out more, Copyright Heritage & Education Centre, 2023, Maritime Science and Technology: Changing our World. Dozens of whale pods were sighted in the Sound and noted in the journals by Captain Sabine of the Royal Artillery, a friend of Parry and the official astronomer assigned to Ross expedition. For a chronological history see: http://www.cwparish.demon.co.uk/wparish/hms-hecla.htm 2 weeks later. Is there a crew list of HMS hecla during world war 2? certificates are the key to telling the story of men He was promoted to Fleet Chief in 1981, whilst serving at the school. Crew List - HMS HECLA - 12 November 1942 1 CREW LIST - HMS HECLA - 12 NOVEMBER 1942 This list of 858 persons aboard HMS Hecla on the 12 November 1942 has been compiled from the Pay and Victualing Ledgers. H.M.S. The National Archives. //-->, By victualing account. 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. After a small scientific excursion to the coast,Griperbecame stuck in the ice, trapped between the shore and a large ice floe that threatened to crush her. These reports relate the condition, damage repairs, construction and modifications of the ships, as recorded by the Lloyd's Register (LR) surveyors during the course of their inspections. Aircraft. Designed by Sir Henry Peake and constructed by the master shipbuilders Barksworth & Hawkes, of North Barton, Hull, she was launched on 22 July 1815. [1] She had diesel-electric propulsion, with three Paxman Ventura 12-cylinder diesel engines rated at 1,280 brake horsepower (950kW) powering two electric motors, rated at a total of 2,000 horsepower (1,500kW) and driving one propeller shaft, giving a speed of 14 knots (26km/h; 16mph). http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=H.M.S._Hecla_(1878)&oldid=331946. These ledgers and service From South Africa the ship steamed north in support of Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa. [8], Hecla participated in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1890 under the command of Captain Edwin J. P. Gallwey as part of a Reserve Fleet of the force representing the Royal Navy, headquartered in the Downs. This is described (CWGC) as being in the main street of Buncara "which was a Naval Base during the Great War". He died in 1921 - he was invalided from the RN in 1919. beneath my father's name as Chief Engineer. That hit, in the engine room, was not immediately fatal to the ship. If successful he was to put in at Kamchatka, pass copies of his journal to the Russian governor there, proceed to the Sandwich Islands or Canton, and then report back to Britain as soon as possible.[7]. At 23.15 on 11 November 1942 the first torpedo struck HMS Hecla. HMS Hecla (F20) was a destroyer tender of the Royal Navy in World War II. dailyinfo[12]=' Captain Glanvill Richard CATTARNS Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches 6th Bn. no. 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. Reply #1 on: Thursday 08 December 16 18:26 GMT (UK) . Links are given 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. jack23 October , 2003 in Sailors, navies and the war at sea. // Stop Define Variables for days of the month var month=mydate.getMonth()+1 Kenneth Charles Collings (standing middle) and four unidentified crewmen seen on HMS Hecla. 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. 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. Bomb vessels likeHeclabecame a popular choice for polar exploration during this period. This is a listing of people associated with this ship.We also have a detailed page on the British destroyer tender HMS Hecla (F 20). 18. This list can also be seen as a PDF. Royal Horse Artillery who died 21/02/1917 GUARDS CEMETERY, COMBLES France ' You can click on any of the names for possible additional information. Willan Service Record. A133 HMS Hecla present at Plymouth Navy Days 1967. HMS Hecla (F20) was a destroyer tender of the Royal Navy in World War II. and Gen. Hos. The submarine fired a spread of four torpedoes at its target, though only one hit. dailyinfo[27]=' 5778 Private William CUMMINGS 6th Bn. As a witness only one torpedo hit the Hecla a few minutes after 11 p.m. putting the generators out of action, as the power went off the ship. 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. 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. After two attempts to sail through Fury and Hecla Strait were hindered by the ice, Parry was forced to return to England . dailyinfo[20]=' 11634 Labourer YANG FU CHING 11th Coy. dailyinfo[13]=' S/8943 Rifleman John William BENTLEY 3rd Bn. The sinking resulted in 281 casualties. Though the Northwest Passage had not been discovered, HMSHeclahad successfully crossed the 110 west meridian, wintered at a latitude believed to be impossible, and had discovered over 850 miles of Arctic coastline. 1969-jul-26. Bruce C. Collings HMS Hecla, taken out of service in December 1996, recalls the first Victoria Cross medal was awarded to midshipman Charles Davis Lucas for his heroic efforts onboard HMS Hecla in which he. if (month<10) month="0"+month Reassigned, Hecla left Iceland bound for the Far East, but her journey was interrupted by an encounter with a German mine. For details of how to apply for the service records of a family member on this Originally commissioned for service in the Mediterranean under Commander William Popham,Heclasaw action only once in her naval career; at the bombardment of Algiers on 27 August 1816. "My Grandfather was captain of the Hecla, 1917-1921, based at Buncrannan, he raise the gold ship. A fourth ship, HMS Herald, was completed in the early 1970s. My Grandfather and two other seamen were drowned in the Lough on 7th April 1918 when their ship (HMS Nicator) arrived. Jan. 30, 2011. [11] [12]. 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. 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. [10] On his push westwards Parry discovered and named Beechey Island, Wellington Channel, Cornwallis Island, Melville Island, and the whole archipelago the North Georgia Islands, later to become the Parry Islands. These recorded the names of men joining and leaving the ship, 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. After the lengthy stay at Winter Harbour Parry resolved to continue his push westwards; but to no avail. Johnny Harber, Master of Arms, compiled a list of the men saved by HMS, . April 14, 2010: George Male and Portsmouth News Defence Correspondent Matt Jackson seen at the National Museum of the Royal Navy during the launch of the book A Hard Fought Ship: The Story of HMS Venomous. from the names on this list to further details of their lives on With a clearly westerly wind prevailing, the progress of both ships was impeded andGriperwas falling behind. The ship's Writers were responsible for keeping the Rations were immediately reduced, procedures quickly put in place to keep clothes and bedding warm and dry, and weekly doctors inspections were arranged to check for early signs of scurvy. [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. Work was also set about constructing a house for the expeditions scientific instruments and an observatory for Sabine. self-accounting. 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. Further on, news fromHeclascrows nest reported to Parry that a great expanse of ice blocked their westerly passage past Prince Leopold Island. Keep your eyes on the Centre's social media channels for part two of our Hecla Rediscovered series! 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. Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats. In smaller ships up to and including destroyers the master copy of Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Hecla. dailyinfo[3]=' 45 Gunner HAZURA SINGH 31st Mountain Battery Indian Mountain Artillery who died 03/03/1920 TEHRAN MEMORIAL Iranm ' Bluecher German Navy who died 15/02/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hecla, after the volcano Hekla in Iceland. '[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. There are several life boats in the foreground. Jeffreys Service Record. Remembered Today: We also have some of the Fury's logbooks, in . Ships of the Royal Navy, 1882. Having contributed to the days victory,Heclareturned to England via Gibraltar and put in at Deptford while her fate was discussed at the Admiralty. 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). 5th Bde. The National Archives. The National Archives. 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. [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. Sadly the body of the third man was never found and he is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. - 12 November 1942 was extracted by TNT Records Management (now, under On 15 May 1942, HMS Hecla (F 20) (Capt E.F.B. The remainder of May and June were spent in drydock, repairing extensive underwater damage. Today, 75 years after the end of the war in Europe, families around the world mourn the death of fathers and grandfathers who died when Hecla sank and recall the rescue of many more by HMS Venomous on her longest night. 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. He was awarded DSO, DSC, Coix de Guirre.". else { document.write(fontstart+"No major events today"+fontend); } Appointments as a Fleet Chief alternated between Captain (H) organization ashore in Devonport and seagoing in Naval Party 1008. 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. 10 Local War Memorials are marked on the Complement List below as Killed when the body was recovered or MPK. H.M.S. 4th Bn. Law, RN) is undocked at the Simonstown Dockyard. The National Archives. I believe that they have now been filmed. .. My relative Harry Hale had a base of HMS Hecles but he was actaully on HMS Fortune. Worcestershire Regiment who died 23/02/1915 LOKER CHURCHYARD Belgium ' Go to MaritimeQuest - HMS Hecla Message Board 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. A137 HMS Hecate Fleet Review: Ships of the Western Fleet Present at Ships of the Western Fleet review in Torbay. Many figures can be seen on deck and struggling in the water. She was ordered in the mid-1960s, along with her sister ships HMSHecate and HMSHydra. dailyinfo[1]=' Staff Nurse Edith Mary CAMMACK Associate of the Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class 4th Southern Gen. Hos. var year=mydate.getYear() dailyinfo[11]=' Seacunny ABDUR RAHMAN SIRAJUL HAQ S.S. MERTON HALL (Liverpool). The National Archives. The National Archives. [5]With severe reductions in naval strength and manpower and the sale or demolition of British warships, the future of vessels likeHeclaappeared uncertain. Is there a crew list for HMS majestic? Royal Scots who died 16/02/1919 ARBROATH EASTERN CEMETERY United Kingdom ' on a particular day. '[17] Another common theme of the plays, poems and articles was the successful conclusion of the expedition; when Behrings Strait shall echo British cheers. Stewart Service Record. The worst of the damage was to her workshops and storerooms, scattering and destroying dozens of mines, torpedoes, and depth charges. Many of the photographs are assumed to have been taken earlier than 1882, some dating back to the 1860s. It is suspected he was injured. HMS Hecate (A137) was a Royal Navy deep ocean survey vessel of the Hecla class.She was present at the "presentation of fleet colours" review in Torbay on 29 July 1969. 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. [5] from 6/16. 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. Gallwey Service Record. None of the items are online. False Bay Hecladetonated a mineat 15.59 hours killing 21 of the crew (with 3 missing and 116 injured). 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. 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. Regards, chain of command to the. The photographs were mainly taken at Portsmouth and Plymouth. , var fontend = '' Re: Crew Lists of HMS Hecla & Fury 1819-24, Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, RootsChat.com, Europa House, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 5BT United Kingdom. A fourth ship, HMSHerald, was completed in the early 1970s. Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Middlesex Regiment who died 25/02/1921 LADYWELL CEMETERY United Kingdom '
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