Seven ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
have been named HMS ''Hecla'', after the volcano
Hekla
Hekla (), or Hecla, is an active stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of . Hekla is one of Iceland's most active volcanoes; over 20 eruptions have occurred in and around the volcano since the year 1210. During the Middle Ages, th ...
in
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
.
* was a 10-gun
bomb vessel
A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship. Its primary armament was not cannons (Naval long gun, long guns or carronades) – although bomb vessels carried a few cannons for self-defence – but ...
purchased in 1797. She participated in the
Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
The Battle of Copenhagen of 1801 ( Danish: ''Slaget på Reden'', meaning "the battle of the roadstead Copenhagen Harbour), also known as the First Battle of Copenhagen to distinguish it from the British fleet fought and defeated a smaller for ...
and was broken up in 1813
* , launched in 1815, was a bomb vessel; she was later converted to an exploration ship and was commanded by
William Edward Parry
Sir William Edward Parry (19 December 1790 – 8 July 1855) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his 1819–1820 expedition through the Parry Channel, probably the most successful in the long quest for the Northwest Passa ...
during his exploration of the Arctic
* was a 4-gun wooden paddle
sloop launched in 1839, run aground off Gibraltar on 23 January 1855 and sold in 1863
* was a torpedo boat carrier/depot ship purchased in 1878, modernised in 1912 and sold in 1926
* was a
destroyer depot ship launched in March 1940 and sunk off Casablanca on 12 November 1942 by the
* HMS ''Hecla'' was a
repair ship launched in 1944 and transferred to the
United States Navy
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as
* , launched in 1964, was a sold in 1997
References
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Royal Navy ship names