April 14, 2010: George Male and Portsmouth News Defence Correspondent Matt Jackson seen at the National Museum of the Royal Navy during the launch of the book A Hard Fought Ship: The Story of HMS Venomous. Hecla was a civilian ship, British Crown purchased on the stocks for use as a depot ship. These include musters, playlists, logs, charts, journals by various officers etc. [3] Her armament consisted of one 13 inch mortar, one 10 inch mortar, eight 24 pounder carronades, and six 2 pounder guns. 1969-jul-26. A sketch made by Lt Herbert Hastings McWillias SANF aboard HMS, The following names can not be confirmed as being on board, The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI), but without the live links to further details about the lives of the men in, Paymaster Captain, Paymaster Captain (S) Frank Leonard Monk RNR (1892-1942), list of those killed or Missing Presumed Killed Stopping to entrust one of them,Lee, with communications for the Admiralty, theHeclaandGriperlearned of the coronation of King George IV, as well as news of Inuit sightings further east. if (dailyinfo[daym] != "") { document.write(fontstart+dailyinfo[daym]+fontend) } I have seen that there was only one survior which seems a little strange as her complimnet was 75. The capital ships of the Royal Navy, the cruisers and battleships, and other large ships including HMS. var month=mydate.getMonth()+1 After the lengthy stay at Winter Harbour Parry resolved to continue his push westwards; but to no avail. [5], Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 26 May, 1882.