The National Archives. dailyinfo[4]=' Matrose Paul KURZKE Torpedoboot "G85" German Navy who died 04/03/1919 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' During this time, Parry had been impressed with the speed and strength ofHecla, referring to her in his journal as a charming ship. Lincolnshire Regiment who died 05/03/1916 CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES France ' This is an old thread but was wondering if anyone was still following it. dailyinfo[17]=' Second Lieutenant George Ernest VINCENT Distinguished Conduct Medal 9th Bn. You can e-mail us the information here. var daym=mydate.getDate() 24. Tyrwhitt Service Record. Thought I had a picture somewhere, but I was mistaken. Kenneth Charles Collings (right) and L. Rowles possibly at Freetown, Sierra Leone. Where did she serve during those years ? Barracks at her Home Port. The Admiralty instantly promoted Parry to the rank of commander and the expedition was hailed a tremendous success. 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. By creating an account you agree to us emailing you with newsletters and discounts, which you can switch off in your account at any time. None of the items are online. The names on this list link to further details of their lives supplied by the men themselves or their families. [5]With severe reductions in naval strength and manpower and the sale or demolition of British warships, the future of vessels likeHeclaappeared uncertain. Jeffreys Service Record. Campbell Service Record. if (year < 1000) year+=1900 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. at Simon's Town, South Africa, while under repair after being mined. gun. 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. http://www.holywellhousepublishing.co.uk/HMS_Hecla.html, http://www.holywellhousepublishing.co.uk/crew_list-hecla.html, http://www.holywellhousepublishing.co.uk/Falmouth.html, http://www.holywellhousepublishing.co.uk/purchase.html. These he dubbed Crokers Mountains, after the First Lord of the Admiralty. for the men. http://www.cwparish.demon.co.uk/wparish/hms-hecla.htm. HMS Hecla (Capt. My step grandfather was also posted to HMS Hecla ( Faulknor). 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. 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. As they progressed the strait became harder and harder to traverse, large sheets of ice increasingly blocking the path. dailyinfo[13]=' S/8943 Rifleman John William BENTLEY 3rd Bn. Message Board. [10], 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. The third and final Hecla Rediscovered blog covers her third voyage to the Arctic and her expedition to the North Pole. Withers Service Record. No other expedition had ever wintered with ships as far north as Parry was to attempt. Reply #1 on: Thursday 08 December 16 18:26 GMT (UK) . 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 ' Is there a crew list for HMS majestic? 10 Local War Memorials Links are given Middlesex Regiment who died 25/02/1921 LADYWELL CEMETERY United Kingdom ' dailyinfo[28]=' 19673 Leading Aircraftman Samuel Ambrose TICKNER Meritorious Service Medal No. She was ordered in the mid-1960s, along with her sister ships HMSHecate and HMSHydra. Law, RN) struck a mine laid by Doggerbank off Capetown. 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. The National Archives. If you have found out any more information regarding HMS Hecla I would be grateful if you could share it. When Paton visited this ship at Dysart in 1835 he wrote This is without exception the strongest I have met with. Our website uses cookies to ensure you get the best possible experience whist visiting our website. [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. [5] 4th Bn. Unfortunately I cannot find my note with the exact PRO(NA) reference but logs of HM Ships are generally in ADM53 - if you are able to get there it is easily located. //-->, By The sea was open before us, free from ice or land. False Bay Hecladetonated a mineat 15.59 hours killing 21 of the crew (with 3 missing and 116 injured). It was with heavy mortar fire thatHeclaand her sister bomb ships,Beelzebub,Infernal, andFurysuccessfully blasted the Algerian coastal defences. So you will have to visit. Charlton Service Record. dailyinfo[26]=' Chaplain 4th Class The Rev. 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. 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. Turning his attention southHeclaandGriperexplored the inlet they had spotted for over 120 miles before they were once again hampered by impenetrable ice. Irish Military History mainly 1798, 1916 and 1919-23. In all 279 off her crew went down with the ship and 568 men were rescued. Powered by Invision Community. The collective names for all the men on a dailyinfo[1]=' Staff Nurse Edith Mary CAMMACK Associate of the Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class 4th Southern Gen. Hos. This article recounts the complete story of the shipHecla, better known as HMS (His Majestys Ship)Hecla. 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. Project Undaunted aims to catalogue and digitise this vast collection with a view to making it accessible to the public. It was at this point that Parry made the decision to push on inHeclaand rendezvous with Liddon in the middle of the Sound at 85 west. Kenneth Charles Collings (left) and three unidentified crewmen seen on HMS Hecla. Royal Horse Artillery who died 21/02/1917 GUARDS CEMETERY, COMBLES France ' Surgeon Lieutenant Commander. I believe this may be the photo in question ( stokers HMS Hecla), You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) who died 14/02/1916 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium ' Leinster Regiment who died 27/02/1918 JERUSALEM MEMORIAL Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) ' At 23.15 on 11 November 1942 the first torpedo struck HMS Hecla. [6], Hecla soon proved herself "a very wet ship." 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. [14] By 26 SeptemberHeclaandGripersuccessfully anchored at Winter Harbour. For details of how to apply for the service records of a family member on this A133 HMS Hecla present at Plymouth Navy Days 1967. 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'. 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. Hecla was a civilian ship, British Crown purchased on the stocks for use as a depot ship. Was she attached to a specific squadron or flotilla ? leslie briggs was a crew member of the h.m.s. Sadly the family have no photographs of James William Pope and I am slowly trying to piece together his naval career. var fontstart = '' '[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. What happened to her ? I don't know of a list of crew members of Hecla, but there is a list of those killed in action. Part two recounts Hecla's second Voyage to the Arctic from 1821-1823. Johnny Harber, Master of Arms, compiled a list of the men saved by HMS, . 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. - 12 November 1942 was extracted by TNT Records Management (now, under The ship was in total darkness. Reassigned, Hecla left Iceland bound for the Far East, but her journey was interrupted by an encounter with a German mine. From there he went to HMS Vivid for a year via HMS Diligence. Royal Field Artillery who died 10/02/1917 DOIRAN MEMORIAL Greece ' (MPK), Take a look inside the book by clicking on the link, http://www.holywellhousepublishing.co.uk/servicerecords.html, Admiralty list of the 282 men who died or were MPK (Missing Presumed Killed), Temporary Acting After the lengthy stay at Winter Harbour Parry resolved to continue his push westwards; but to no avail. if (dailyinfo[daym] != "") { document.write(fontstart+dailyinfo[daym]+fontend) } The lists of survivors made aboard ship have been lost. HMS Hecla was at Lough Swilly, County Donegal, Ireland as a Depot Ship certainly for the period 6th April 1918 to 17th April 1918. Royal Flying Corps who died 06/02/1918 LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium ' 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. beneath my father's name as Chief Engineer. Willan Service Record. [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. I have found a photo of stokers from around 1914-1916 which is captioned as HMS Hecla. going on leave, returning from leave, changing messes, becoming The ship served for thirty years in this role, and various others, before finally being replaced by HMSScott in 1997. Have you traced your Grandfather's personal record? [5], Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 26 May, 1882. . contract to the MOD from this reconstructed ledger in 2013. victualing account John C.H.Harber, Master at Arms (responsible for 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. For a chronological history see: http://www.cwparish.demon.co.uk/wparish/hms-hecla.htm 2 weeks later. 5th Bde. I have seen that there was only one survior which seems a little strange as her complimnet was 75. Heclawas a three masted full rigged ship, on a builders measurement tonnage of 375 24/94 and measured 105 feet in length. Go to MaritimeQuest - HMS. Re: Crew Lists of HMS Hecla & Fury 1819-24. cooks, stewards, Stores Assistants would have reported through their The worst of the damage was to her workshops and storerooms, scattering and destroying dozens of mines, torpedoes, and depth charges. 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. 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. These ledgers and service Such entries recount the distressing episode on boardHecla, namely the non-cookery of our pies in proper time for dinner'[16]or proposals for the eradication of snoring at night. In this role, she ferried wounded from both sides to the main hospital ship, SSUganda. The ship's Writers were responsible for keeping the Sparks Service Record. jack23 October , 2003 in Sailors, navies and the war at sea. Luce Service Record. 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. Based first at Hvalfjord, Iceland, it was there that she tended to the captured German submarine U-570 before the vessel was towed to the United Kingdom, where she was renamed HMS Graph and entered service with the Royal Navy. the MV. H.H. 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. Originally torpedo depot ship and played important role in developing British torpedo forces she became a Destroyer Depot ship. These vessels were never intended for fighting in close quarters, and supported the fleet with a combination of both regular and explosive shot. For his third Northwest Passage expedition, William Parry was in command of HMS Hecla, supported by HMS Fury under Henry Parkyns Hoppner. [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. Contents (plate number): 1. Cameron Service Record. When I found mine you could still look up the entry in the original book. at the whim of the Admiralty. If you search the National Archives using Discovery you find 28 entries for the period you give. '[1]Paton found he was surveying one of the most well-known and celebrated vessels of her time. The Home Port for HMS. .. My relative Harry Hale had a base of HMS Hecles but he was actaully on HMS Fortune. In the early hours of the morning on 12 November 1942, Hecla was torpedoed by U-515 under the command of Werner Henke. [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. Bluecher German Navy who died 15/02/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Deployment. Try this link for a photograph of the Hecla; http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/depot_ships.htm. [2], Hecla was 260feet 2inches (79.3m) long, with a beam of 49feet 3inches (15.0m) and a draught of 15feet 5inches (4.7m). [9], She, Flirt and Star of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla were paid off on 30 April 1912 and re-commissioned the following day. It's easy! Bernie left the Navy in 1993, having . warship on a specific date is the ship's Complement but since the term You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time. Bingham Service Record. A fourth ship, HMSHerald, was completed in the early 1970s. Spurred on by the reward, and the belief that the Northwest Passage could be navigated before the end of the season, the two ships ploughed on. HMS Hecla, (ex-"British Crown" ) launched 1878, 6,400 tons, 4-12 pdr guns. 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. Hecla shuddered and listed, a 21" port sub torpedo hit amidships (in the Navel reports 2 torpedoes, At 11 p.m. hit amidships. Is there a crew list of HMS hecla during world war 2? HMS Hecla (F20) was a destroyer tender of the Royal Navy in World War II. 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.