HMS Hecla

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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hecla, after the volcano Hekla in Iceland.

• {{HMS|Hecla|1797}} was a 10-gun bomb vessel purchased in 1797. She participated in the Battle of Copenhagen (1801) and was broken up in 1813
• {{HMS|Hecla|1815}}, launched in 1815, was a {{sclass|Hecla|bomb vessel|0}} bomb vessel; she was later converted to an exploration ship and was commanded by William Edward Parry during his exploration of the Arctic
• {{HMS|Hecla|1839}} was a 4-gun {{sclass|Hydra|sloop|0}} wooden paddle sloop launched in 1839, run aground off Gibraltar on 23 January 1855 and sold in 1863
• {{HMS|Hecla|1878}} was a torpedo boat carrier/depot ship purchased in 1878, modernised in 1912 and sold in 1926
• {{HMS|Hecla|1940}} was a destroyer depot ship launched in March 1940 and sunk off Casablanca on 12 November 1942 by the {{GS|U-515}}
• HMS Hecla was a repair ship launched in 1944 and transferred to the United States Navy as {{USS|Xanthus|AR-19|6}}
• {{HMS|Hecla|A133}}, launched in 1964, was a {{sclass|Hecla|survey vessel}} sold in 1997