HMS Jason (1892)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Jason
Builder	Naval Construction & Engineering Co., Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	7 September 1891
Launched	14 May 1892
Completed	June 1893
Fate	Sunk 7 April 1917
General characteristics
Class and type	Alarm-class torpedo gunboat
Displacement	810 long tons (820 t)
Length	230 ft 0 in (70.10 m) pp
Beam	27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power	3,500 ihp (2,600 kW)
Propulsion	2× triple expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	18.7 kn (21.5 mph; 34.6 km/h)
Complement	91
Armament	2 × 4.7 in (120 mm) QF guns 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm ) guns 1 × Gardiner machine gun 3 × 18 inch torpedo tubes

HMS Jason was a Alarm-class torpedo gunboat of the British Royal Navy. She was built by the Naval Construction & Engineering Co. from 1891–1893. She was converted to a minesweeper in 1908–1909 and continued these duties during the First World War. Jason was sunk by a German mine on 7 April 1917.