HMS Volcano (1804)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Jason |
| Owner | W. Row |
| Builder | William Rowe, St Peter's, Newcastle |
| Launched | 1803 |
| Fate | Sold June 1804 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name |
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| Acquired | by purchase, 1804 |
| Commissioned | 1804 |
| Decommissioned | 1806 |
| Recommissioned | 1810 |
| Decommissioned | 1815 |
| Fate | Sold, 28 August 1816 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Jason |
| Owner | Gardner |
| Acquired | 1816 by purchase |
| Fate | Wrecked 1821 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | 16-gun ship-sloop / bomb vessel |
| Tons burthen | 338, or 339, or 340 |
| Length |
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| Beam | 29 ft 0 in (8.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 11 in (3.9 m) |
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HMS Heron was originally the merchant vessel Jason, launched at Newcastle in 1803, that the Admiralty purchased in 1804 for the Royal Navy for use as 16-gun ship-sloop under the name HMS Heron. During the Napoleonic Wars she served as a convoy escort on the Leeward Islands station. Then in 1810 the Admiralty had her converted into a bomb vessel and renamed her HMS Volcano. As Volcano she served during the War of 1812, and in particular participated in the Battle of Baltimore. The Admiralty sold her in 1816. New owners returned her to mercantile service under her original name of Jason. She was wrecked in 1821.