This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms jason, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 35.016 N,6 28.955 W (56.878966666667, -6.5663166666667)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: HMS JASON

Length 70.1 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 810 ton

Cause: built in 1892 by vickers, barrow in furness. an 'alarm' class vessel. four boilers, twin triple expansion engines for 3500 nhp, twin shaft. max speed 18 knots. 2 x 4.7 inch guns & 3 torpedo tubes. designed to intercept new classes of destroyer but had insufficient speed to achive this, thus were generally employed as minesweepers. the guns were normally landed when so employed. was sunk by mine whist involved in sweeping operations near coll island. crew of 85 all lost. reported in log of accompanying vessel 'hms circe' that jason was mined & sank in less than 5 minutes. (sibi & nhb).

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 88 meter

Known since: 1919, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H2480/19 22.3.19 WK IN 563300N, 062800W APPROX. (VA STORNOWAY). INS AS WK [OLD SYMBOL].

- NM 919/19. H6997/29 1.11.29 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. 19.10.72 NOW CHARTED AS WK USC PA 10FMS. 1.8.75 AMEND TO WK USC PA 18MTRS. NC 1778. H1270/81 24.2.81 REPORTED IN LOG OF ACCOMPANYING VESSEL 'HMS CIRCE' TO HAVE SUNK RAPIDLY IN 563545N, 062815W. (J BROWN, HEAD OF NHB, MEMO DTD 4.2.81). AMEND TO WK USC PA 60MTRS. BR STD. 11.3.13 NOT LOCATED 12.2011 USING M/B. SEABED ROCKY AND UNEVEN. (NETSURVEY, HI 1298). AMEND DEAD. 26.7.22 WRECK OF HMS JASON FOUND LOCATED 5635.016N, 0628.955W WGD]. (FOUND BY SULA DIVING AND MV CLASINA USING SSS. DIVED ON 12/4/2022). WK STANDS 3MTRS AT HIGHEST PT, BOW MISSING JUST FWD ON THE FWD 4.7INCH GUN. STERN 4.7INCH GUN IN PLACE. ORIENTATED ESE/WNW. AMEND NDW.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 35.016 N,6 28.955 W

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