HMS Hecla (1878)
 Torpedo store-ship Hecla with torpedo boats round her in blowy weather | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Hecla |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff (Belfast) |
| In service | 1878 |
| Out of service | 1926 |
| Honours and awards | Bombardment of Alexandria (1882) |
| Fate | Broken up (1926) |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 3360 grt[1] |
| Length | 340 ft 4 in (103.73 m) |
| Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
| Propulsion | Two-shaft compound engine providing 2400 iHP constructed by Forrester |
| Speed | 13 knots |
| Complement | 277 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | unarmoured |
HMS Hecla was a mercantile conversion to a torpedo depot ship for the Victorian Royal Navy, whose seagoing career was from 1878 to 1926. She was broke up in 1926. Built by Harland & Wolff (Belfast) initially as SS British Crown No.117.
Design to carry six torpedo boats. Her armaments were initially 5 x 64 pounder muzzle loading guns and 1 x 40 pounder breach loading gun. Ship Company was 277 men.[2]
See also
- Bombardment of Alexandria – 1882 battle of the Anglo-Egyptian War
References
- ↑ "Entry 117". The Yard.
- ↑ Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 9781861760326.
Further reading
- White, Colin S. (1980). "The Bombardment of Alexandria 1882". The Mariner's Mirror. 66 (1): 31–50.
- Brown, Les (2023). Royal Navy Torpedo Vessels, 1870–1914. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781399022859.
- Allen, Matthew (2005). "The Origins, Conduct and Outcome of the British Naval Exercises of 1885". The Mariner's Mirror. 91 (3): 421–435.
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