HMS Hecla (A133)
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Design and construction
The Hecla class were designed as combined hydrographic and oceanographic survey ships, built to merchant ship standards and of similar design to Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[1] She was laid down at Yarrow Shipbuilders' Blythswood, Glasgow shipyard on 6 May 1964, was launched on 21 December 1964 and was commissioned on 9 September 1965.[1] She had the pennant number A133.[2]
Hecla was Script error: No such module "convert". long, with a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and a draught of Script error: No such module "convert".. Displacement was Script error: No such module "convert". light and Script error: No such module "convert". full load, with a gross tonnage of 2,898.[1] She had diesel-electric propulsion, with three Paxman Ventura 12-cylinder diesel engines rated at Script error: No such module "convert". powering two electric motors, rated at a total of Script error: No such module "convert". and driving one propeller shaft, giving a speed of Script error: No such module "convert".. She had a range of Script error: No such module "convert". at a speed of Script error: No such module "convert". and Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert"..[3] The ship had a complement of 127 officers and other ranks.[1] She was fitted with a hangar and helideck aft to allow operation of a single Westland Wasp helicopter, while two surveying launches were carried.[1][3]
Service
In 1982, Hecla was used as an ambulance ship for the duration of the Falklands War. In this role, she ferried wounded from both sides to the main hospital ship, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..
Citations
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External links
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