History | |
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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 |
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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: |
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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.