|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|
Hecla (ex-British Crown) |
7A, C7 |
Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
7.3.1878 |
10/1878 |
destroyer depot ship 1912 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
6400 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
119.6 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
11.8 |
|
Draught, m |
6.89 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
sails + 2 2-cyl HIC, boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1758 |
|
Max speed, kts |
12.1 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 2200 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
26400(10) |
|
Armament |
5 x 1 - 160/16 64pdr 71cwt MLR, 1 x 1 - 121/21 40pdr 35cwt BL, 4 2nd class torpedo boats |
|
Complement |
277 |
Project history:
Hecla was the merchant ship British Crown purchased whilst
building. She carried a number of Second Class TBs, and was fitted to service
other TBs and to see to the torpedo and mining needs of a fleet. She served with
the Mediterranean Fleet, and was commanded by a succession of distinguished
officers who were amongst the leading torpedo specialists. Many of the most
important experiments in torpedo tactics were carried out under their control.
Had war come no doubt the Hecla and Vulcan would have proved
useful launching strikes with their small TBs against enemy bases.
Hecla was described as a 'torpedo depot ship and
floating factory'.
Modernizations: 1880s: - 1 x 1 - 160/16; + 1 x 1 - 127/25 BL Mk I/II
Naval service: In 1912 Hecla was converted to destroyer depot ship and sold to BU in July, 1926.
Hecla 1880s
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