Remembering today: Alfred Bicknell Stoker 1st Class D/SS124345 Royal Navy, HMS Hecla Died: 12/11/1942 Commemorated: Plymouth Memorial Remembered with honour.
Remembering today: Matthew Farrell Stoker 1st Class P/KX106643 Royal Navy, HMS Hecla Died: 12/11/1942 Commemorated: Portsmouth Memorial. Son of Matthew and Winnifred Farrell; husband of Barbara Farrell, of Dalkeith, Midlothian. Remembered with honour.
On 12 November 1942 the Depot ship HMS Hecla was sunk west of Gibraltar by U 515. HMS Hecla (F 20) (British Destroyer tender) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
If you have further details of thee two stokers in HMS HECLA I can create a biographical entry for them on the HECLA WEBSITE with a link from their names on the crew list: HMS_HECLA-Crew List
