H.M.S. Hecla (1878)
| H.M.S. Hecla (1878) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | 7A (1914) C7 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Harland & Wolff[2] |
| Launched: | 13 Jun, 1878[3] |
| Sold: | 13 Jul, 1926[4] |
H.M.S. Hecla was a civilian ship, British Crown purchased on the stocks for use as a depot ship.
Service
Hecla soon proved herself "a very wet ship." 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."[5]
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 Dockyard. She required repairs to the pistons of her main engines and her complement of second-class torpedo boats.[6]
Hecla served with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla at Scapa Flow from 1914-16 then supported the Second Destroyer Flotilla from Belfast in 1917 and 1918.[7]
She recommissioned at Chatham on 22 October, 1919.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment given.
- Captain Morgan Singer, 3 September, 1878[9]
- Captain Arthur K. Wilson, 5 March, 1881[10]
- Captain Hector B. Stewart, 7 June, 1884[11]
- Captain Edmund F. Jeffreys, 17 July, 1885[12]
- Captain Edwin J. P. Gallwey, 21 January, 1889[13]
- Captain John Durnford, 17 November, 1890[14]
- Captain James de C. Hamilton, 10 July, 1900[15] (for manoeuvres)
- Commander John I. Graham, 16 July, 1901[16] (for manoeuvres)
- Captain Edward F. B. Charlton, 22 February, 1905[17]
- Captain John Nicholas, 9 July, 1906[18]
- Captain Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, 6 August, 1908[19]
- Captain Judge D'Arcy, 18 December, 1912[20]
- Captain John E. Cameron, 30 August, 1913[21]
- Captain Edward O. Gladstone, 4 September, 1915[22]
- Captain Arthur E. Wood, 30 June, 1916[23]
- Captain (D) John B. Sparks, 22 August, 1917[24]
- Captain (D) John F. Grant-Dalton, 30 October, 1919[25]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Wednesday, 1 January, 1879. Issue 29453, col B, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Monday, 10 September, 1883. Issue 30921, col A, p. 5.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 785.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1880). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1881). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1884). p. 215.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 214.
- ↑ Gallwey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/422
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 224.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Thursday, 5 July, 1900. Issue 36186, col D, p. 10.
- ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Thursday, 11 July, 1901. Issue 36504, col C, p. 8.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 325.
- ↑ Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 306.
- ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 323.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 328.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394n.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395b.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 810.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 785.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
