H.M.S. Hecla (1878)

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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

She served with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla at Scapa Flow from 1914-16 then supported the Second Destroyer Flotilla from Belfast in 1917 and 1918.[5]

Captains

Dates of appointment given.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  6. ↑ Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 306.

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).

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