![]() Drawing of Jason's sister ship Penelope
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History | |
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Name | HMS Jason |
Ordered | 15 September 1798 |
Laid down | October 1798 |
Launched | 27 January 1800 |
Completed | 28 May 1800 |
Commissioned | March 1800 |
Fate | Wrecked 21 July 1801 |
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Class and type | Fifth-rate Penelope-class frigate |
Tons burthen | 1,05291⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 39 ft 8+3⁄4 in (12.1 m) |
Draught |
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Depth of hold | 13 ft 0+3⁄4 in (4 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Complement | 274 |
Armament |
HMS Jason was a 36-gun fifth-rate Penelope-class frigate, launched in 1800. She served the entirety of her career in the English Channel, mostly in the frigate squadron of Commodore Charles Cunningham. Serving off the coast of France, especially around Le Havre and Cherbourg, she captured several French privateers and recaptured a British merchant ship in a cutting out expedition. Having only been in commission for around fifteen months, Jason was wrecked off the coast of St Malo on 21 July 1801. Her crew were saved and later exchanged, and in August her wreck was burned to prevent the French from rescuing it.