HMS Jason (1763)

History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Jason
Ordered:	30 January 1762
Builder:	Robert Batson, Limehouse
Laid down:	1 April 1762
Launched:	13 June 1763
Completed:	19 September 1765 at Deptford Dockyard
Commissioned:	August 1765
Fate:	Sold to break up at Chatham, 10 February 1785
General characteristics
Class and type:	Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:	689  59⁄94 bm
Length:	127 ft 4 in (38.81 m) (gundeck) 106 ft 10.25 in (32.5692 m) (keel)
Beam:	34 ft 10 in (10.62 m)
Depth of hold:	12 ft 0.5 in (3.670 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	210 officers and men
Armament:	32 guns comprising Upperdeck: 26 × 12-pounder guns Quarterdeck: 4 × 6-pounder guns Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Jason was a 32-gun Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1763 and served throughout the American Revolutionary War.

References

• Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
• David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
• Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792, Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.