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.
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