Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 937540
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
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UKHO Identifier : 002645
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.59583,-6.47083
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.59564,-6.47182
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Approximate
Depth : 60.0
Depth Quality : Least depth unknown, safe clearance at value shown
Water Depth : 73
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : HMS JASON
Type : TS TORPEDO GUN BOAT
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 70.1
Beam : 8.2
Draught : 4.0
Tonnage : 810
Tonnage Type : Displacement
Date Sunk : 03/04/1917
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Other
Original Detection Year : 1919
Last Detection Year : 1981
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **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).
Surveying Details : **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.
Chart Symbol : WK USC PA 60.0
Date Last Amended : 10/03/1981
