HMS Jason

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Twelve ships of the British Royal Navy have been called HMS Jason, after the Greek mythological character Jason:

• Jason, a 6-gun fireship purchased in 1673 and sol in May 1674.
• Jason, a 44 gun fifth rate. Originally French, captured off Cape Finisterre on 3 May 1747 and sold on 15 March 1793.
• Jason, a 32 gun fifth rate. Launched at Limehouse on 13 June 1763 and sold 10 February 1785.
• Jason, a 64-gun third rate captured from France on 19 April 1782 in the Mona Passage, West Indies. Renamed HMS Argonaut on 20 January 1783, the ship was broken up at Chatham in February 1831.
• Jason, a 38 gun fifth rate launched at Deptford on 3 April 1794 and wrecked on 13 October 1798 off Brest, France.
• Jason, a 36 gun fifth rate launched at Burledon on 27 January 1800 and wrecked on 21 July 1801 in the Bay of St Malo.
• Jason, a 32 gun fifth rate constructed of fir at Woolwich dockyard. Launched on 21 November 1804 and broken up at Plymouth in July 1815.
• Jason, a 12 gun gun-brig. A French privateer captured on 31 December 1813 by HMS Venerable off Madeira.
• Jason, a 46 gun fifth rate ordered from Woolwich Dockyard on 18 July 1817 and cancelled on 7 February 1831.
• Jason, a wood screw corvette launched at Devonport Dockyward on 10 November 1859 and broken up in July 1877 at Devonport.
• Jason, a torpedo gunboat launched on 14 May 1892, and converted to a minesweeper in 1909. Sunk by a naval mine on 7 April 1914 off the west coast of Scotland.
• Jason, a survey ships constructed using the same hull design as the Halcyon-class minesweepers and launched at Troon on 6 October 1937. Converted to an anti-submarine vessel in 1939, and a minesweeper in 1942, the ship was sold on 3 September 1946 and renamed Jaslock. Broken up in February 1950.

[edit] References

• Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475. 
• HMS Jason. Halcyon class minesweepers and survey ships of World War Two. Retrieved on 2007-07-09.