- for other meanings, see also the disambiguation page Hela
SMS Hela was a light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy prior to and during World War I. A HeLa cell (also Hela or hela cell) is an immortal cell line used in medical research A light cruiser is a Warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light Armoured cruiser " describing a small ship that carried armour in the same way The Kaiserliche Marine or Imperial Navy was the German Navy created by the formation of the German Empire. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
The only ship of her class, SMS Hela was built as an aviso and launched on 28 March 1895 in Bremen. An aviso (formerly also an adviso) a kind of Dispatch boat or advice boat survives particularly in the French navy. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Bremen (ˈbʁeːmən is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany (official name Stadtgemeinde Bremen / City Municipality of Bremen She was named after the Hela peninsula near Danzig (present-day Gdańsk). Gdańsk ( Polish pronunciation; 'Danzig', Gduńsk Gedania Dantiscum is the City at the centre of the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in Poland From about 1900 onward she served in the German overseas colonies. In 1910 she was modernized and converted into a light cruiser. 100 m long, 11 m wide and with 4. 5 m draught, she displaced 2,040 tons and had a top speed of 19. 5 knots. She carried four 8. 8 cm guns and six 5 cm guns. The peacetime crew was about 180 officers and men.
When WWI broke out, Hela was assigned to the covering forces for the German torpedo boats that formed the outer ring of coastal scouting patrols in the German portion of the North Sea. A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval Ship designed to carry Torpedoes into battle These forces were surprised and attacked by superior British forces on 28 August 1914 in the first Battle of Heligoland Bight. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The First Battle of Heligoland Bight was the first Naval battle of the First World War, fought on 28 August 1914 after the British planned to attack SMS Hela escaped without damage, but three other German light cruisers and a torpedo boat were sunk.
However, two weeks later, on the morning of 13 September 1914, Hela was torpedoed six miles southwest of Heligoland by the British submarine HMS E9 under the future Admiral Max Horton. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Heligoland (Helgoland Heligolandic: deät Lun) is a small German Archipelago in the North Sea. HMS E9 was a British E class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow. Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton, GCB, DSO & Two Bars ( November 29, 1883 – July 30, 1951) was Hela was hit amidships and sank. All but two of her crew were rescued by the German submarine U 18 and another German ship.
Although pursued most of the day by German naval forces, HMSM E 9 managed to reach Harwich safely. Harwich (ˈhærɪdʒ is a town in Essex England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea Entering the port, captain Horton initiated the tradition of British submariners of hoisting the pirate flag Jolly Roger after a sinking. The Jolly Roger is the name given to any of various Flags flown to identify a ship's crew as pirates The flag most usually identified as the Jolly Roger today
External links
- German-navy.de on the Hela (English)
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