going on leave, returning from leave, changing messes, becoming Object details Category Art Related period 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 submarine fired a spread of four torpedoes at its target, though only one hit. 1914 - Took part in rescue of passengers and crew of TSS California when she went aground on Tory Island. 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. The wreck lies at an approximate depth of 14,100ft (4,300m), in position 35 43'N, 9 54'W. if (dailyinfo[daym] != "") { document.write(fontstart+dailyinfo[daym]+fontend) } What happened to her ? The worst of the damage was to her workshops and storerooms, scattering and destroying dozens of mines, torpedoes, and depth charges. Grant-Dalton Service Record The National Archives. The entire crew would be on double pay, each man provided with a wolf-skin blanket, and the ships had been victualled with 12,000lb of carrots, 9,600 quarts of vegetable soup, 5,000 cans of beef, a vast supply of lemon juice, and over 1,000 gallons of rum. This site uses cookies. The ship served for thirty years in this role, and various others, before finally being replaced by HMSScott in 1997. Try this link for a photograph of the Hecla; http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/depot_ships.htm. var fontstart = '' Widely criticised, Ross expedition was regarded as a failure; the very existence of Crokers Mountains contested publicly. dailyinfo[20]=' 11634 Labourer YANG FU CHING 11th Coy. Gallwey Service Record. Hi John. Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). 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. I suspect she was based there much longer as the Lough is very deep and was used by the Atlantic Fleet as a haven. The reported their observations in Journal of a third voyage for the discovery of a northwest passage . The Lloyds's Register Foundation Heritage & Education Centre publishes original content from a variety of authors on our website through our stiries portal. 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. Johnny Harber, Master of Arms, compiled a list of the men saved by HMS, . Royal Flying Corps who died 06/02/1918 LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium ' gun. 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. and Gen. Hos. Inscription. 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 http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=H.M.S._Hecla_(1878)&oldid=331946. Barracks at her Home Port. 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. None of the items are online. Notes on event 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. 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. Bruce C. Collings For quite some time I have been cataloguing the earliest LRF records for the port of Leith. Hope this helps. - 12 November 1942 was extracted by TNT Records Management (now, under 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 ' Edith Cavell (100th Anniversary of Execution 12th Oct 2015). Bluecher German Navy who died 15/02/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' leslie briggs was a crew member of the h.m.s. All Census Lookups are Crown Copyright, National Archives for academic and non-commercial research purposes only. It is suspected he was injured. Bernie left the Navy in 1993, having . The National Archives. HMS Hecla (F20) was a destroyer tender of the Royal Navy in World War II. 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. These recorded the names of men joining and leaving the ship, Gladstone Service Record. When looking at the Naval records and base ships such as HMS Hecla and HMS Blake you should look for a name in brackets after the base ship. Chinese Labour Corps who died 20/02/1918 ST. ETIENNE-AU-MONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY France ' Go to MaritimeQuest - HMS. 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. Contents [ hide ] 1 Service 2 Captains 3 See Also 4 Footnotes 5 Bibliography Service In mid-May 1878, it was proposed to refit Hecla at Portsmouth as an armed troopship carrying five 64-pdr 71 cwt guns and one 40-pdr B.L. She was sunk at the Battle of Jutland with the loss of 67 men. var day=mydate.getDay() Back to Chatham 12/18. The National Archives. at Simon's Town, South Africa, while under repair after being mined. dailyinfo[15]=' Fregattenkapitaen Alexander ERDMANN S.M.S. Anyhow he survived so if there was just one he was it. 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. On 15 May 1942, HMS Hecla (F 20) (Capt E.F.B. Middlesex Regiment who died 17/02/1917 REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT France ' 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. Old Sweats 506 Acle, Norfolk HMS HECLA (ex-"British Crown") At Buncrana September 1917 to December 1918 as Depot Ship for 2nd Destroyer Flotilla and Auxilliary Patrol. 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. Charlton Service Record. The Hecla class were designed as combined hydrographic and oceanographic survey ships, built to merchant ship standards and of similar design to RRSDiscovery. For the latter purpose daily rations of lime juice and sugar were issued. 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'. Upcoming changes to logging in - click here, GWF is free to use so please support the Forum. Michael W. Pocock Webmaster. In the early hours of the morning on 12 November 1942, Hecla was torpedoed by U-515 under the command of Werner Henke. Once the voyage was under way, Parry made fast progress, passing through the Davis Strait and reaching the entrance to the Lancaster Sound a month earlier than Ross had. For details of how to apply for the service records of a family member on this We also have a detailed page on the British destroyer tender HMS Hecla (F 20). Originally torpedo depot ship and played important role in developing British torpedo forces she became a Destroyer Depot ship. if (month<10) month="0"+month HMS Hecla (1824-1825) . British Military History in general but mainly the period 1837-1919. I for one would be most interested in seeing the photograph if you are able to share it here. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. dailyinfo[21]=' L/32287 Driver John Frampton GAZE "O" Bty. 1969-jul-26. //-->, By Royal Field Artillery who died 10/02/1917 DOIRAN MEMORIAL Greece ' So you will have to visit. 6 Reserve Lorry Park Royal Air Force who died 28/02/1919 BELGRADE CEMETERY Belgium ' HMSHeclawas originally built as aHeclaClass bomb vessel, ordered by the Royal Navy on 5 June 1813. "My Grandfather was captain of the Hecla, 1917-1921, based at Buncrannan, he raise the gold ship. HMS Hecla was a base ship and few actually served on her. 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. for the men. Like many of her sister ships of the same class,Heclawas named after a volcano, in her case the Icelandic volcano Hekla. Many figures can be seen on deck and struggling in the water. HMS Hecla was the lead ship of the Hecla class, an oceangoing survey ship type in the Royal Navy. Bodies of men from HMS Racoon and HMS Magic are also buried at Rathmullan which probably indicates that the lough was quite an important base. 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. 1968-jun. South Lancashire Regiment who died 12/02/1917 BASRA MEMORIAL Iraq ' Our website uses cookies to ensure you get the best possible experience whist visiting our website. 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 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. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Hecla. 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. [9], She, Flirt and Star of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla were paid off on 30 April 1912 and re-commissioned the following day. Strong gales on the way back to the Scottish port of Peterhead sawHeclalose her bowsprit, foremast, mainmast, rigging and saw considerable damage to her sails. Cameron Service Record. dailyinfo[10]=' Second Lieutenant Spencer Noel HUMPHREYS Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches 116th Bde. Royal Navy sign on for several years and are drafted to their next ship Parry began to make preparations for the removal of the crew and vital supplies, but thanks to the determination of Lieutenant Liddon they were able to extricate her. My step grandfather was also posted to HMS Hecla ( Faulknor). Leake Service Record. 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. 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. The explosion hit amidships, put the steering gear out of action and caused a big leak. [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. Message Board. She was ordered in the mid-1960s, along with her sisters ships HMS Hecate and HMS Hydra. In smaller ships up to and including destroyers the master copy of [5]With severe reductions in naval strength and manpower and the sale or demolition of British warships, the future of vessels likeHeclaappeared uncertain. Sadly the family have no photographs of James William Pope and I am slowly trying to piece together his naval career. [1] She was laid down at Yarrow Shipbuilders' Blythswood, Glasgow shipyard on 6 May 1964, was launched on 21 December 1964 and was commissioned on 9 September 1965. else { document.write(fontstart+"No major events today"+fontend); } Pay and Victualing Ledgers for the ship and the Service Certificates Wilson Service Record. 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. Kings Royal Rifle Corps who died 02/03/1915 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium ' Leinster Regiment who died 27/02/1918 JERUSALEM MEMORIAL Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) ' dailyinfo[7]=' Major Surtees ATKINSON Military Cross Royal Field Artillery who died 07/02/1918 FULFORD CEMETERY United Kingdom ' dailyinfo[6]=' Lieutenant Thomas McKenny HUGHES Twice Mentioned in Despatches 53rd Sqdn. This will be the destroyer or patrol vessel the sailor actually served on. 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. This page was last modified on 16 September 2022, at 17:39. Hecla shuddered and listed, a 21" port sub torpedo hit amidships (in the Navel reports 2 torpedoes, At 11 p.m. hit amidships. PRIVATE Served from 1953 - 1956 Served in HMS Hecla Martin Jackson OM AW1 Served from 1987 - 1996 Served in HMS Hecla Norman Wood MEM1 Served from 1965 - 1973 Served in HMS Hecla Jack Mead PETTY OFFICER Served from 1985 - 2002 Served in HMS Hecla John Ohara LRO G Served from 1977 - 1985 Served in HMS Hecla Craig Hulton In addition to ample space for stores to resupply shorter-ranged destroyers at sea, Hecla boasted 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m 2) of workshop space and three cranes, one rated at 10-tons and the other two at 4-tons apiece. The names of survivors were also recorded when they returned to. Keep your eyes on the Centre's social media channels for part two of our Hecla Rediscovered series! HECLA. Fortunately, none of these detonated. The National Archives. With her steering gear out of commission, the cruiser HMSGambia towed Hecla to Simonstown, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa for repairs. commissioned the ship's complement would join her from the Naval 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. These include musters, playlists, logs, charts, journals by various officers etc. [11], She recommissioned at Chatham on 22 October, 1919.[12]. 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. The National Archives. Project Undaunted aims to catalogue and digitise this vast collection with a view to making it accessible to the public. Was she attached to a specific squadron or flotilla ? RootsChat.com is a totally free family history forum to help you. Turning his attention southHeclaandGriperexplored the inlet they had spotted for over 120 miles before they were once again hampered by impenetrable ice. Ships of the Royal Navy, 1882. People missing from this listing? 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 Promoted to CPO(SR) in around 1975/76, Bernie spent time in drafts at the Hydrographic school and in HMS Hecla. HMS Hecla was the lead ship of the Hecla class, an oceangoing survey ship type in the Royal Navy. 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. When Paton visited this ship at Dysart in 1835 he wrote This is without exception the strongest I have met with. no. HMS Hecla was at Lough Swilly, County Donegal, Ireland as a Depot Ship certainly for the period 6th April 1918 to 17th April 1918. With frequent drills, hunting trips, and continual maintenance toHeclaandGriperthe men were kept occupied. Messages 1 through 24. 24. He died in 1975, but the family story is that he was torpedoed and rescued by an American ship. 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. Crew List is more familiar outside the Navy I thought it appropriate to 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. 4th Bn. Kenneth Charles Collings (right) and L. Rowles possibly at Freetown, Sierra Leone. Though one of Hecla's two escorts, HMSMarne was badly damaged at the same time the other, HMSVenomous, rescued 568 survivors and landed them at Casablanca. When I found mine you could still look up the entry in the original book. 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. Jeffreys Service Record. 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. this website or elsewhere on the Internet. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy, Please enter a password with 6 characters or more. 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. When a warship was first E.F.B. A group of unidentified men from HMS Hecla. [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. if (year < 1000) year+=1900 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. 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. dailyinfo[12]=' Captain Glanvill Richard CATTARNS Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches 6th Bn. My Grandfather, Percy Johnson, was a crew member and is shown in the main photograph . Canadian Railway Troops who died 09/02/1920 HALIFAX (MOUNT OLIVET) CEMETERY Canada ' The National Archives. Deployment. [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. A fourth ship, HMS Herald, was completed in the early 1970s. You can e-mail us the information here. A further addition to the story is . 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. who served in the Royal Navy but when a self-accounting ship like HMS, his list of the 858 officers and men aboard, when [19] Following the arrival at Peterhead, Parry left Lieutenant Beechey in command ofHeclabefore departing for the Admiralty at London for presentation, only to discover that news fromLeeof the expeditions success had already reached them. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS and AUXILIARIES HMS Implacable to HMS Yarmouth (Part 2 of 2) C ompiled by Gordon Smith and Don Kindell, Naval-History.Net Old 2nd class cruiser HMS Challenger (Photo Ships, click to enlarge) back to Part 1 or Royal Navy Log Books The naval events are now being edited. 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. She was ordered in the mid-1960s, along with her sister ships HMS Hecate and HMS Hydra. 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. A137 HMS Hecate Assigned 829 Sq Wasp HAS.1 XS532 as Hecate Flt/418-HT, until c Nov 1969. Worcestershire Regiment who died 23/02/1915 LOKER CHURCHYARD Belgium ' Following commissioning and work-up, Hecla sailed for the North Atlantic to support anti-submarine operations in the ongoing Battle of the Atlantic. self-accounting. For his third Northwest Passage expedition, William Parry was in command of HMS Hecla, supported by HMS Fury under Henry Parkyns Hoppner. Hecla was sold to private interests, being renamed "Bligh" after Vice-Admiral William Bligh. .. My relative Harry Hale had a base of HMS Hecles but he was actaully on HMS Fortune. HMS Hecla, (ex-"British Crown" ) launched 1878, 6,400 tons, 4-12 pdr guns. After the conclusion of trade, the two vessels headed back towards Britain, crossing into the North Atlantic on 24 September. are marked on the Complement List below as Killed when the body was recovered or MPK. The National Archives. dailyinfo[29]=' Oberleutnant zur See Axel Carl Ludwig VON SCHOENERMARCK S.M.S. [6], Hecla soon proved herself "a very wet ship." Bingham Service Record. cooks, stewards, Stores Assistants would have reported through their dailyinfo[1]=' Staff Nurse Edith Mary CAMMACK Associate of the Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class 4th Southern Gen. Hos. 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. The National Archives. Lincolnshire Regiment who died 05/03/1916 CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES France ' H.M.S. HMS Lion. HMS Herald was a Hecla -class ocean survey ship that served with the Royal Navy during both the Falklands War and Gulf War . 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. [11] [12]. He was awarded DSO, DSC, Coix de Guirre.". "[7], In September 1883, Hecla was unable to cruise with the rest of the Channel Squadron owing to "a long list of defects" reported to Portsmouth Royal Dockyard.
