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HMS Hecla (1815)

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Lithograph depicting HMS Hecla
and HMS  Fury , by Arthur Parsey, 1823
History
United Kingdom
Name HMS Hecla
Namesake Hekla
Ordered 5 June 1813
Builder Barkworth & Hawkes, North Barton, Hull
Laid down July 1813
Launched 22 July 1815
Honours and
awards 		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Algiers" [1]
Fate Sold, 13 April 1831
United Kingdom
Name Hecla
Acquired 1831 by purchase
Fate Wrecked 23 June 1840
General characteristics [2]
Class and type
Tons burthen 375 26 ⁄ 94 , or 404 [3] ( bm )
Length
  • 105 ft (32.0 m) (overall)
  • 86 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 4  in (26.2 m) (keel)
Beam 28 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2  in (8.7 m)
Depth of hold 13 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 2  in (4.2 m)
Propulsion Sails
Sail plan Full-rigged
Complement 67
Armament
  • 10 × 24-pounder carronades
  • 2 × 6-pounder guns
  • 1 × 13-inch (330 mm) mortar
  • 1 × 10-inch (250 mm) mortar

HMS Hecla was a Royal Navy Hecla -class bomb vessel launched in 1815. Like many other bomb vessels, she was named for a volcano, in this case Hekla in southern Iceland . She served at the Bombardment of Algiers in 1816. Subsequently, she took part in three expeditions to the Arctic. She then served as a survey vessel on the coast of West Africa until she was sold in 1831. She became a merchantman and in 1834 a Greenland whaler . She was wrecked in 1840.

Ship history [ edit ]

The Bombardment of Algiers by Thomas Luny

Commander William Popham commissioned Hecla for service in the Mediterranean. [2] Hecla saw wartime service as part of the Anglo-Dutch fleet at the bombardment of Algiers on 27 August 1816. [4] In 1847 the Admiralty authorised the award of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Algiers" to all surviving claimants from the battle.

Arctic exploration [ edit ]

Profile draught of the inboard works of a Hecla -class vessel to be built by Barkworth & Hawkes at North Barton near Hull; signed Navy Office 23 September 1813

In early 1819 she was converted to an Arctic exploration ship and made three journeys to the Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage , and made one attempt on the North Pole , all under Lieutenant William Edward Parry or Commander George Francis Lyon , and spent many winters iced in without serious damage. [5]

On the first journey, from May 1819 until December 1820 [6] Hecla was commanded by Parry. She and her companion ship, the gun brig Griper , reached a longitude 112°51' W before backtracking to winter off Melville Island . No ship was able to travel so far west again in a single season until 1910, when Joseph-Elzear Bernier reached Cape Dundas on Melville Island. [7] The second year, the two ships reached longitude 113°46' W before returning to England . [5]

On her second expedition, from May 1821 until November 1823, [6] Hecla was under Lyon's command while Parry led the overall expedition from her sister ship Fury . The furthest point on this trip, the perpetually frozen strait between Foxe Basin and the Gulf of Boothia , was named after the two ships: Fury and Hecla Strait .

Ice conditions frustrated Hecla ' s third expedition to the Canadian Arctic, which took place from May 1824 to October 1825, [6] again in the company of Fury . Hecla was again under the command of Parry, who now was a captain. Fury was badly damaged at Prince Regent Inlet and had to be abandoned. [8]

In 1827, Parry used Hecla for an unsuccessful attempt to reach the North Pole from Spitsbergen by boat, reaching 82°45' N. [6] Following this voyage, Hecla was withdrawn from Arctic service. [8]

Commander Thomas Boteler was appointed captain of Hecla in December 1827. [2] She then was engaged in surveying the West African Coast in 1828?31. After Boteler's death in November 1829, Commander F. Harding became her captain. [6]

Hecla was put up for sale in 1831 at Woolwich . [9] She was sold in April for ￡1,990 to Sir E. Banks. [2]

Merchantman and whaler [ edit ]

Hecla entered Lloyd's Register ( LR ) in 1831 with R. Jumson, master, Banerman, owner, and trade London?St Petersburg. [3] She underwent repairs in 1832 and then became a merchantman. The Register of Shipping for 1833 shows her with Allen, master, Banerman, owner, and trade Liverpool? Savannah . [10]

Banerman used her for one season in 1834 as a northern seas whaler. Under the command of Captain Reid she caught five whales, yielding 63 tun of whale oil, in the Davis Strait . [11] In 1835 Banerman sold her to Kirkcaldy . Hecla was operating out of Kirkcaldy when she was lost in 1840. [12] A gale on 23 June 1840 drove her against ice floes, crushing her. [13]

Hecla still appeared in LR for 1845 with M. Wright, master, Elder & Co. owner, and trade Leith? Davis Strait . Her homeport was Kirkcaldy, and her entry included the remark "wants repair". It had the annotation, "wrecked". [14]

Citations [ edit ]

  1. ^ "No. 20939" . The London Gazette . 26 January 1849. p. 245.
  2. ^ a b c d Winfield (2008) , p. 377.
  3. ^ a b LR (1831), "H" supple. pages, Seq.№H66.
  4. ^ James, William (1837). Naval History of Great Britain . Vol. VI. London: Richard Bentley . p. 398 . Retrieved 10 January 2012 .
  5. ^ a b "Hecla Rediscovered The Story Of An Arctic Explorer Pt 1 | Blogs | What's On | Heritage & Education Centre" . hec.lrfoundation.org.uk . 8 February 2018 . Retrieved 26 September 2019 .
  6. ^ a b c d e "NMM, vessel ID 368380" (PDF) . Warship Histories, vol i . National Maritime Museum . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011 . Retrieved 10 January 2011 .
  7. ^ Pharand (1984) , p. 43.
  8. ^ a b "Longitude Essays" . cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk . Retrieved 26 September 2019 .
  9. ^ "No. 18788" . The London Gazette . 29 March 1831. p. 596.
  10. ^ Register of Shipping (1833), Seq.№H292.
  11. ^ Coltish (1842) .
  12. ^ Marwood (1854) , p. 8.
  13. ^ Ross (1985) , p. 124.
  14. ^ LR (1845), Seq.№H206.

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External links [ edit ]

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