PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE WORLD: PAST AND PRESENT by Eugne W. Smith.

HECLA (1860) Cunard Line

Built by Robert Napier & Sons, Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 1,784. Dimensions: 274’x36’. Single-screw, 10 knots geared oscillating engines, compound engines in 1871. Three masts and one funnel. Iron hull. Passengers: 70 cabin and 800 third. Built for the Mediterranean service. Also in New York and Boston trade. Lenghened to 339’ in 1871. Renamed CLARIS (1882) Spanish; (B) CONDE DE VILANA (1888); (C) PEDRO TERCERO (1892); TIEMPO (1895) (d) RIO NEGRO (1897). Scrapped in 1954.