Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Jason (1892)"

Revision as of 13:29, 8 August 2018

H.M.S. Jason (1892)
Builder:	Naval Construction & Armament Co.^[1]
Ordered:	Naval Defence Act
Laid down:	7 Sep, 1891^[2]
Launched:	14 May, 1892^[3]
Completed:	11 Jul, 1893^[4]
Mined:	7 Apr, 1917^[5]

H.M.S. Jason was one of eleven torpedo gunboats of the Alarm class completed for the Royal Navy in the early 1890s.

Service

Jason, the first of the contract-built gunboats under the Naval Defence Act was inspected at Sheerness in early July 1893 and placed immediately into the "A" Division of the Medway Fleet Reserve to await orders for the mobilization.^[6]

She was very soon placed into her first service, as a participant in the annual manoeuvres of 1893.

In late February 1894 instructions were sent to Chatham Dockyard to ready Jason for service to relieve Banterer on particular service.^[7]

Her trials at the head of the Thames began on 11 April, 1894 under the supervision of Fleet Engineer Charles Francis Hulford of the Medway Dockyard Reserve. A three hour run at natural draught produced 15.8 knots, which was considered low for the indicated 2,605.6 horsepower at 215 RPM and 139 pounds steam pressure. She was to proceed to Bantry take up service on the West Coast of Ireland.^[8]

Loss

Jason was mined and lost off West Scotland on 7 April, 1917 at the cost of twenty-five lives.^[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander Frederick G. C. Langdon, 11 July, 1893^[10] – 30 August, 1893 (for manoeuvres)
Lieutenant-Commander Arthur H. Shirley, 2 April, 1894^[11] (transferred in with crew from Banterer)
Lieutenant & Commander Arthur G. M. Meredyth, 30 August, 1895^[12] – 3 November, 1898
Lieutenant & Commander Henry H. Bruce, 19 July, 1898^[13] – 5 August, 1901^[14]
Lieutenant & Commander Oscar V. de Satgé, 5 August, 1901^[15]
Commander John H. Robertson, 17 December, 1903^[16] – 30 September, 1905
Commander Archibald B. Purvis, 30 September, 1905^[17] – 17 November, 1905
Lieutenant & Commander Edward A. Thomas, 17 November, 1905^[18] – 10 January, 1908
Commander Arthur W. Lowis, 10 January, 1908^[19] – 5 August, 1908^[20]
Lieutenant & Commander Walter Hose, 5 August, 1908^[21] – 11 January, 1909
Lieutenant & Commander Fitzroy H. Hall, 11 January, 1909^[22]
Lieutenant & Commander (T) John F. H. Cole, 23 October, 1909^[23]^[24] – 2 January, 1911^[25]
Lieutenant & Commander Gilbert C. Heathcote, 1 January, 1910^[26] – 1911
Lieutenant & Commander Francis G. C. Coates, 2 January, 1911^[27]^[28] – 4 December, 1911^[29]
Lieutenant & Commander Percy G. Brown, 8 April, 1912^[30]^[31] – June, 1913^[32] (and for command of Mine Sweeping Flotilla)
Lieutenant & Commander Lionel G. Preston, June, 1913^[33] – 3 February, 1914^[34] (and for command of Mine Sweeping Flotilla)
Lieutenant-Commander Harold E. Denison, 5 March, 1914^[35]^[36] – 1 August, 1914^[37]
Lieutenant-Commander William H. Darwall, 1 August, 1914^[38]^[39] – April, 1916^[40]
Lieutenant-Commander Cyril P. Franklin, April, 1916^[41] – 7 April, 1917^[42] (ship lost under his command)

Footnotes

↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.
↑ Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 04, 1893; pg. 11; Issue 33994.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 28, 1894; pg. 6; Issue 34199.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 12, 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34236.
↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. pp. 339, 340.
↑ "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 10 July, 1893. Issue 33999, col D, p. 10.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 28, 1894; pg. 6; Issue 34199.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 235.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 271.
↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 107.
↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 272.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 334.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 334.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 334.
↑ Lowis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/93. f. 103.
↑ Lowis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/93. f. 103.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 334.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 334.
↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 334.
↑ Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 334.
↑ Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 334.
↑ Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 334.
↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435. f. 486.
↑ Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 334.
↑ Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79
↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/456. f. 526.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 333.
↑ Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/456. f. 526.
↑ Darwall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/97. f. 97.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395e.
↑ Darwall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/97. f. 97.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395n.
↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 84.

Bibliography

Alarm Class Torpedo Gunboat

Alarm

Antelope

Circe

Hebe

Jaseur

Jason

Leda

Niger

Onyx

Renard

Speedy

<–

Redbreast Class

Small Fry (UK)

Dryad Class

–>

<–

Sharpshooter Class

Torpedo Gunboats (UK)

Dryad Class

–>

[1] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.

[4] Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.

[5] Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 306.

[6] "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jul 04, 1893; pg. 11; Issue 33994.

[7] "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 28, 1894; pg. 6; Issue 34199.

[8] "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 12, 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34236.

[9] Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. pp. 339, 340.

[10] "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 10 July, 1893. Issue 33999, col D, p. 10.

[11] "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Feb 28, 1894; pg. 6; Issue 34199.

[12] The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 235.

[13] The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 271.

[14] Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 107.

[15] The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 272.

[16] The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 334.

[17] The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 334.

[18] The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 334.

[19] Lowis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/93. f. 103.

[20] Lowis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/93. f. 103.

[21] The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 334.

[22] The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 334.

[23] Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.

[24] The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 334.

[25] Cole Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/461. f. 533.

[26] The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 334.

[27] Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.

[28] The Navy List. (July, 1911). p. 334.

[29] Coates Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/424. f. 485.

[30] The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 334.

[31] Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435. f. 486.

[32] Brown Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/435

[33] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 334.

[34] Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79

[35] Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/456. f. 526.

[36] The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 333.

[37] Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/456. f. 526.

[38] Darwall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/97. f. 97.

[39] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395e.

[40] Darwall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/97. f. 97.

[41] The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395n.

[42] Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 84.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

[29]

[30]

[31]

[32]

[33]

[34]

[35]

[36]

[37]

[38]

[39]

[40]

[41]

[42]

@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 ==Service==
-''Jason'', the first of the contract-built gunboats under the Naval Defence Act was inspected at Sheerness in early July 1893 and placed immediately into the "A" Division of the Medway Fleet Reserve to await orders for the mobilization.  She was very soon placed into her first service, as a participant in the annual manoeuvres.{{NMI|Tuesday, Jul 04, 1893; pg. 11; Issue 33994}}
+''Jason'', the first of the contract-built gunboats under the Naval Defence Act was inspected at Sheerness in early July 1893 and placed immediately into the "A" Division of the Medway Fleet Reserve to await orders for the mobilization.{{NMI|Tuesday, Jul 04, 1893; pg. 11; Issue 33994}}
-In late February 1894 instructions were sent to Chatham Dockyard to ready ''Jason'' for service to relieve {{UK-Banterer}} on particular service.  She was soon active on the West Coast of Ireland.{{NMI|Wednesday, Feb 28, 1894; pg. 6; Issue 34199}}
+She was very soon placed into her first service, as a participant in the annual manoeuvres of 1893.
-She was mined and lost off West Scotland at the cost of twenty-five lives.{{KindellROH2|pp. 339, 340}}
+In late February 1894 instructions were sent to Chatham Dockyard to ready ''Jason'' for service to relieve {{UK-Banterer}} on particular service.{{NMI|Wednesday, Feb 28, 1894; pg. 6; Issue 34199}}
+Her trials at the head of the Thames began on 11 April, 1894 under the supervision of Fleet Engineer [[Charles Francis Hulford]] of the Medway Dockyard Reserve.  A three hour run at natural draught produced 15.8 knots, which was considered low for the indicated 2,605.6 horsepower at 215 RPM and 139 pounds steam pressure.  She was to proceed to Bantry take up service on the West Coast of Ireland.{{NMI|Thursday, Apr 12, 1894; pg. 10; Issue 34236}}
+===Loss===
+''Jason'' was mined and lost off West Scotland on 7 April, 1917 at the cost of twenty-five lives.{{KindellROH2|pp. 339, 340}}
 ==Captains==

Difference between revisions of "H.M.S. Jason (1892)"

Revision as of 13:29, 8 August 2018

Contents

Service

Loss

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography

Navigation menu

Page actions

Page actions

Personal tools

Navigation

Search

Tools