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    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...
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  • Battle of Copenhagen (1801) and was broken up in 1813 HMS Hecla (1815), launched in 1815, was a Hecla-class bomb vessel; she was later converted to an exploration...
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    HMS Fury was a Hecla-class bomb vessel of the British Royal Navy. The ship was ordered on 5 June 1813 from the yard of Mrs Mary Ross, at Rochester, Kent...
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  • Icebreaker Fyodor Litke HMS Griper (1813) USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) HMS Hecla (1815) HMS Investigator (1848) USS Jeannette (1878) Icebreaker Joseph Stalin...
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    Saint-Jean (Quebec) HMS Hecla Builder: Barkworth & Hawkes, North Barton (Hull) Ordered: 5 June 1813 Laid down: July 1813 Launched: 22 July 1815 Completed: Notes:...
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    a number of Royal Navy ships that captured the Russian brig Patrioten. Hecla and Arrogant, cut out a Russian barque from under the batteries of Eckness...
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    HMS Terror was a specialised warship and a newly developed bomb vessel constructed for the Royal Navy in 1813. She participated in several battles of...
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    [1] Michael Phillips: Ships of the Old Navy - HMS Zebra (1815) Media related to HMS Zebra (1815) at Wikimedia Commons This article includes data released...
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    Captain) Arthur Cumming. On 15 February 1855, she assisted HMS Caesar in the refloating of HMS Hecla, which had run aground at Gibraltar on 23 January. On...
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    degrees north. In 1820 £5,000 was paid to the officers and crews of HMS Hecla and HMS Griper under this Act. Howse, Derek (1998). "Britain's Board of Longitude:...
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