Twelve ships of the
Royal Navy have been called HMS ''Jason'', after the
Greek mythological character
Jason:
* was a 6-gun
fireship purchased in 1673 and sold in 1674.
* was a 44-gun
fifth rate captured from the French in 1747 and sold in 1793.
* was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1763 and sold in 1785.
* was a 64-gun
third rate captured from the French in 1782. She was renamed HMS ''Argonaut'' in 1783 and was broken up in 1831.
* was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1794 and wrecked in 1798.
* was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1800 and wrecked in 1801.
* was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1804 and broken up in 1815.
* was a 12-gun
gun-brig, formerly a French
privateer. She was captured in 1813 by
HMS ''Venerable'' and was possibly later renamed.
*HMS ''Jason'' was to have been a 46-gun fifth rate. She was ordered in 1817 but was cancelled in 1831.
* was a wood screw
corvette
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launched in 1859 and broken up in 1877.
* was a
torpedo gunboat launched in 1892 and converted to a
minesweeper in 1909. She was sunk by a
naval mine on 7 April 1917.
* was a
survey ship
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launched in 1937. She was converted to an anti-submarine vessel in 1939, and a minesweeper in 1942. She was sold in 1946 and renamed ''Jaslock'', and was broken up in 1950.
References
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Royal Navy ship names