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*Captain [[John Nicholas]], 9 July, 1906.<ref>Nicholas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 306.</ref>
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* {{CaptRN}} [[John Durnford]], D.S.O., 17 November, 1890.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1891), p. 224.</ref>
*Captain [[Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|Reginald Y. Tyrhwitt]], 6 August, 1908.<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>
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* Captain [[John Nicholas]], 9 July, 1906.<ref>Nicholas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 306.</ref>
*Captain [[John Foster Grant-Dalton]], 30 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 785}}
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* Captain [[Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|Reginald Y. Tyrhwitt]], 6 August, 1908.<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 125.</ref>
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* Captain [[John Foster Grant-Dalton]], 30 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 785}}
 
* {{CaptRN}} (D) [[John Barnes Sparks|John B. Sparks]], C.B.E., 22 August, 1917.{{NLFeb19|p. 810}}
 
* {{CaptRN}} (D) [[John Barnes Sparks|John B. Sparks]], C.B.E., 22 August, 1917.{{NLFeb19|p. 810}}
  

Revision as of 19:48, 13 February 2014

H.M.S. Hecla (1878)
Pendant Number: 7A (1914)
C7 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Harland & Wolff[2]
Launched: 13 Jun, 1878[3]
Sold: 13 Jul, 1926[4]

H.M.S. Hecla was a civilian ship, British Crown purchased on the stocks for use as a depot ship.

Service

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.[5]

She recommissioned at Chatham on 22 October, 1919.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment given.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 292.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 785.
  7. The Navy List (April, 1891), p. 224.
  8. Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 306.
  9. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 785.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 810.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).