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Oban, George Street, St John's Episcopal Cathedral
Church (19th Century), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Oban, George Street, St John's Episcopal Cathedral
Classification Church (19th Century), War Memorial(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cathedral Church; Hms Jason War Memorial
Canmore ID 156634
Site Number NM83SE 77
NGR NM 85846 30354
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/156634
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmore And Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
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Architects: Charles Wilson & David Thomson 1862-3
Thomson & Trunbull enlarged 1882
Alexander Ross ( Ross and MacBeth) 1881 scheme for additions - not carried out.
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Oban, George Street, St. John's Church.
W. Shomberg Scott Photograph Collection. Acc. no: 1997/39.
'Eagle for St. John's, Oban (unfinished)' and view towards the altar showing the eagle (finished) in situ.
NMRS.Plans.
Oban Cathedral.
Plans: I. G. Lindsay Collection, W/397.
Note (17 February 2015)
Within the Episcopal Cathedral in Oban there is a war memorial to HMS Jason, a minesweeper sunk by a mine off the coast of Coll in 1917 with the loss of 25 men.
The wording on the memorial is as follows -
H.M.S. JASON was lost at 11.10 a.m. on the 3rd April 1917 off the island of Coll (latitude 56 35'N longitude 6 28' W) through striking a mine laid by the German submarine U.78 on the 11th February 1917.
The crew of the H.M.S. JASON at the time of her loss was 98; 73 officers and men were saved; 25 men were lost.
The war memorial comprises a lifebelt with HMS Jason written on it, with a photograph below of the ship sinking.
Information from Martin Briscoe and RCAHMS (AKK) 17 February 2015
