Hekla (ship, 1874)
The Hekla was a British cargo ship registered in Norway that sank in 1902 as a result of a collision off the mouth of the Tyne .
The ship
That with 1175 BRT presumptuous ship was in 1874 with the hull number 143 on the shipyard of William Gray & Company in West Hartlepool ( Sunderland ) for the shipowners built Fritz Herskind from Hartlepool and received at the launching of the name Hecla . The iron hull was 71.9 m long and 9.5 m wide. The originally built-in 2-cylinder compound steam engine was replaced in 1887 by a triple expansion steam engine from Blair & Co. in Stockton-on-Tees , which made 110 nhp .
In 1885, Hecla was incorporated into the Herskind & Woods partnership founded in 1884 by Fritz Herskind, his father Peter Herskind and James Jabez Woods. When Woods left in August 1892, Fritz and Peter continued to run the shipping company as Herskind & Co., but Hecla was flagged to Christiania ( Oslo ), renamed Hekla and changed to that of WM Holby, operated by Mail & Holby from 1894 and in Christiania registered "Aktieselskabet Hekla" brought in.
Downfall
On April 23, 1902, the Hekla approached the mouth of the Tyne in northern England. She was en route from Bilbao to Tyne Dock with a load of iron ore . About two nautical miles south of the entrance to the Tyne, east of South Shields , she was rammed by the 2667-BRT newbuilding Dilkera , which was on a shipyard test drive to determine its speed ( speed trial ). The captain of the Hekla saw the collision coming, gave a warning signal and ordered everyone on deck. The bow of the Dilkera buried itself deep into the side of Hekla and ripped there a big leak . The Hekla sank within a few minutes. Seven of the 17 men on board lost their lives.