HMS Jason
Name | HMS Jason |
Type | Minesweeper
|
GRT | 810 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1892
|
Builder | Naval Construction & Armament Co., Ltd., Barrow
|
Operator | Royal Navy
|
History | Built as a torpedo gunboat; converted into a minesweeper in 1909.
|
U-boat attacks on Minesweeper Jason
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 3 Apr 1917 | U 78 (Otto Dröscher) | Sunk | Mined off Coll Island, west coast of Scotland 56°35’45”N, 06°28’15”W.
| 56° 36'N, 6° 28'W
|
|
| 25
|
| Date incorrectly listed as April 7 in several published sources.
|
Position of attack on Jason
If you can help us with any additional information on this vessel then please contact us.