HMS Jason (1800)

Drawing of Jason's sister ship Penelope
History
Great Britain
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
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Fifth-rate Penelope-class frigate
Tons burthen	1,05291⁄94 (bm)
Length	150 ft 2+1⁄2 in (45.8 m) (gundeck) 125 ft 5 in (38.2 m) (keel)
Beam	39 ft 8+3⁄4 in (12.1 m)
Draught	10 ft 5 in (3.2 m) (forwards) 14 ft 5 in (4.4 m) (aft)
Depth of hold	13 ft 0+3⁄4 in (4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	274
Armament	UD: 26 × 18-pounder guns QD: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 10 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 4 × 32-pounder carronades

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.