HMS Amazon, destroyer (NavyPhotos, click photographs for enlargements) on to June 1942 . HMS Hecla (1940) was a destroyer depot ship launched in March 1940 and sunk off Casablanca on 12 November 1942 by the German submarine U-515 HMS Hecla was a repair ship launched in 1944 and transferred to the United States Navy as USS Xanthus HMS Hecla (A133), launched in 1964, was a Hecla -class survey vessel sold in 1997
HMS Hecla 1942 There were 858 men aboard HMS Hecla when she was torpedoed and sunk on Armistice Day 1942.

Tony Whitehead PETTY OFFICER Served from 1962 - 1977 Served in HMS Hecla. The convoy arrived at Freetown 29.4.1942 . Feb. 26, 1940 . Faulkner, Royal Navy.

Many figures can be seen on deck,struggling in the water and climbing overboard. HMS Hecla (1940) was a destroyer depot ship launched in March 1940 and sunk off Casablanca on 12 November 1942 by the German … May 15, 1942 .
Doggerbank, a German minelayer, laid eighty mines off the extreme southern point of South Africa around Cape Agulhas. Faulkner, Royal Navy. The mine exploded beneath her huge workshop and storeroom also damaging her steering gear, killing twenty-four men and injuring another 112. Wyld, Frank H. Colour Sergeant .

She was laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear on 23 June 1942, launched on 31 August 1943 and commissioned on 16 November 1945. May 15, 1942 . Killed when Hecla struck a mine.

containing word in remarks: go. Wyld, Frank H. Colour Sergeant . Name. On 12 November 1942, after the destroyer HMS Marne was damaged by a torpedo when rescuing survivors from the torpedoed depot ship HMS Hecla, Albrighton assisted Marne until the tug Salvonia towed Marne to Gibraltar. Albrighton then returned to the United Kingdom as …

CHEIF PETTY OFFICER Served from 1939 - 1942 Served in HMS Hecla. Killed when Hecla struck a mine. Only one is alive today. In 1941 HMS Hecla was based at Hvalfjord, Iceland, she tended the captured German U-boat U-570 until the boat was towed to the UK and renamed HMS Graph. Superb was involved in the Corfu Channel Incident in 1946, but otherwise had an unremarkable career. and it was one of these that Hecla struck on 15 May 1942. Crossed equator: April 29, 1942: Arrived Freetown. The Sinking of HMS Hecla with the Destroyer HMS Marne : torpedoed while picking up survivors 11th November 1942 Art The Sinking of an Armed Japanese Raider by HM Minesweeper Bengal : On 11th November 1942, in the Indian Ocean The U-boat then hit the ship with three … Rate. In memory of those who lost their lives in HMS Hecla "As long as we embrace them in our memory, their spirit will always be with us" Date. Roll of Honour . Reg Bishop, the … Aboard HMS Hecla (F 20) when hit on 12 Nov 1942 You can click on any of the names for possible additional information 290 persons found.