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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
HECLA
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1941
14/03/1940
12/1940
Vessel type
Vessel description
Naval
Steel Steam Turbine 2 Masts
Builder
Yard
Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Clydebank
560
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
/ / 10850 disp
621ft 2in oa
66 ft
20ft 7in
Engine builder
,
Engine detail
2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, oil, 7500shp giving 17 knots
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
Admiralty
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
Vessel history
Destroyer Depot Ship, Tyne Class
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1941
Torpedoed 06/01/1941
Disposal Detail
1941 torpedoed by U515 off Morocco. West of Gibraltar Straits.
556 of her crew were rescued; twelve killed and 273 reported missing, presumed killed
Hecla completed on the Clyde
Image courtesy of : Nick Clark
Hecla 1941
Image courtesy of : Dr Peter Hetherington
Hecla
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Hecla in Iceland
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