HMS Hecla
survey vessel
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- HMS Hecla
- IMO number
- 4902426
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- survey vessel
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
- 79.4 m
- Beam
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- Year built
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- Builder
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- Registered owner
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- Operator
- Royal Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About HMS Hecla
HMS Hecla was the lead ship of the Hecla class, an oceangoing survey ship type in the Royal Navy. She was ordered in the mid-1960s, along with her sister ships HMS Hecate and HMS Hydra. A fourth ship, HMS Herald, was completed in the early 1970s. The ship served for thirty years in this role, and various others, before finally being replaced by HMS Scott in 1997. Hecla was sold to private interests, being renamed "Bligh" after Vice-Admiral William Bligh. After this, the vessel was used in a hydrographic survey of Irish waters, and was based in Waterford, Ireland.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Hecla now?
- HMS Hecla has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is HMS Hecla?
- HMS Hecla is a survey vessel. The vessel is 79.4 m long.
- Who owns HMS Hecla?
- HMS Hecla is operated by Royal Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has HMS Hecla been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for HMS Hecla appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).