Hms Hecla

Paul Reed · 28-01-2005, 01:40 PM

I am trying to find a photo of HMS Hecla, which was torpedoed during Operation Torch in November 1942.

I have tried the usual sites on the net with no luck.

Any ideas?

Kiwiwriter · 28-01-2005, 04:59 PM

I think I mention her fate on my web page. Can't recall offhand, but try there.

Paul Reed · 28-01-2005, 05:24 PM

Hi - thanks. I do have plenty of details of what happened to the ship - I found a lengthy report at the National Archives - there just doesn't seem to be a photo anywhere?!

Kiwiwriter · 28-01-2005, 05:49 PM

A photo...you got me. Maybe the IWM or the National Maritime Museum.

Chris Basey · 28-01-2005, 09:14 PM

Paul

My eyes lit up on seeing 'HMS Hecla'! My grandfather was attached to her when he was drowned in Lough Swilly, Ireland, in April 1918.

During WW1 HMS Hecla was the name of the Royal Navy base on the eastern side of the Lough which is a twenty five mile long deep harbour - a haven for the ships which were minding the Atlantic convoys.

Not much use to you, I know, but thought you might be interested.

Regards

Paul Reed · 28-01-2005, 09:53 PM

Thanks for the input from you both.

Fidelity · 24-04-2005, 09:03 PM

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~petecc/hecla.jpg

You will find a photograph here.

It is part of this website http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~petecc/shiptest.htm

Northern Soul · 03-05-2005, 09:35 PM

Try this Paul;

28-01-2005, 01:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent/France Posts: 3,461	I am trying to find a photo of HMS Hecla, which was torpedoed during Operation Torch in November 1942. I have tried the usual sites on the net with no luck. Any ideas? __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

28-01-2005, 04:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Newark, NJ, and Christchurch, NZ Posts: 2,431	I think I mention her fate on my web page. Can't recall offhand, but try there. __________________ "My intensity is intense." -- Roger Clemens "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." -- Winston Churchill. "I am not a hero. The heroes are all dead. I am a survivor." -- Sgt. William Guarnere, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Check out my little contributions to World War II history at my web pages: World War II Plus 55 or http://davidhlippman.wildbillguarnere.com

28-01-2005, 05:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent/France Posts: 3,461	Hi - thanks. I do have plenty of details of what happened to the ship - I found a lengthy report at the National Archives - there just doesn't seem to be a photo anywhere?! __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

28-01-2005, 05:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Newark, NJ, and Christchurch, NZ Posts: 2,431	A photo...you got me. Maybe the IWM or the National Maritime Museum. __________________ "My intensity is intense." -- Roger Clemens "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." -- Winston Churchill. "I am not a hero. The heroes are all dead. I am a survivor." -- Sgt. William Guarnere, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Check out my little contributions to World War II history at my web pages: World War II Plus 55 or http://davidhlippman.wildbillguarnere.com

28-01-2005, 09:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
Chris Basey Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 108	Paul My eyes lit up on seeing 'HMS Hecla'! My grandfather was attached to her when he was drowned in Lough Swilly, Ireland, in April 1918. During WW1 HMS Hecla was the name of the Royal Navy base on the eastern side of the Lough which is a twenty five mile long deep harbour - a haven for the ships which were minding the Atlantic convoys. Not much use to you, I know, but thought you might be interested. Regards __________________ Chris Basey

28-01-2005, 09:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent/France Posts: 3,461	Thanks for the input from you both. __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

24-04-2005, 09:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
Fidelity Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 31	http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~petecc/hecla.jpg You will find a photograph here. It is part of this website http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~petecc/shiptest.htm

03-05-2005, 09:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
Northern Soul Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1	Try this Paul;

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