HMS Hecla (1815)

Lithograph depicting HMS Hecla
and HMS Fury, by Arthur Parsey, 1823
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Hecla
NamesakeHekla
Ordered5 June 1813
BuilderBarkworth & Hawkes, North Barton, Hull
Laid downJuly 1813
Launched22 July 1815
Honours and
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Algiers"[1]
FateSold, 13 April 1831
United Kingdom
NameHecla
Acquired1831 by purchase
FateWrecked 23 June 1840
General characteristics [2]
Class and type
Tons burthen3752694, or 404[3] (bm)
Length
  • 105 ft (32.0 m) (overall)
  • 86 ft 1+14 in (26.2 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft 7+12 in (8.7 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 10+12 in (4.2 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged
Complement67
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.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 245.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 377.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LR1831 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).