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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Hecla_FL22892.jpg) Hecla under tow.
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Hecla |
| Builder | John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank |
| Laid down | 23 January 1939 |
| Launched | 14 March 1940 |
| Commissioned | 6 January 1941 |
| Fate | Sunk by U-515 on 12 November 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Hecla-class destroyer tender |
| Displacement | 10,850 long tons (11,024 t) full |
| Length | 600 ft (180 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 Parsons geared turbines, 7,500 shp (5,593 kW), twin screws |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 847 crew |
HMS Hecla (F20) was a destroyer tender of the Royal Navy in World War II. In addition to ample space for stores to resupply shorter-ranged destroyers at sea, Hecla boasted 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m2) of workshop space and three cranes, one rated at 10-tons and the other two at 4-tons apiece.