Jason

Captured

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	64
War	American War of Independence

Service

1779–1782	Jason	France
from 1782	Argonaut Captured in the Mona Passage	Britain

64-gun ship, at Cape Henry and St Kitts. Taken by HMS Valiant in the Mona Passage and commissioned in the Royal Navy as Argonaut; broken up in 1831.

The Capture of the French 64-gun ships Caton and Jason by the Valiant, 74 in the Mona Passage, 19 April, 1782 Photo: Serres, Dominic (artist); Skelton, W (engraver); Fittler, Jame (publisher), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

64 guns of various weights of shot

Launched	13 February 1779
Length	166 ft 4 in (50.70 m) (gundeck)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

13 February 1779

Battle of Cape Henry

Survived

16 March 1781

Battle of St Kitts (Frigate Bay)

Survived

25–26 January 1782

Battle of the Mona Passage

Captured

19 April 1782

Taken by Valiant

Fate

Captured

Broken up, 1831