HMS Volcano (1804)
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.
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HMS Volcano (1804)
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.
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HMS Heron was originally the m ...... ason. She was wrecked in 1821.
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Sold June 1804
Sold, 28 August 1816
Wrecked 1821
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by purchase, 1804
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William Rowe, St Peter's, Newcastle
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*Sloop:70
*Bomb:67
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Great Britain
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United Kingdom
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Jason
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Gardner
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W. Row
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HMS Heron was originally the m ...... ason. She was wrecked in 1821.
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HMS Volcano (1804)
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*HMS Heron (1804–1810)
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*HMS Volcano (1810–1816)
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Jason
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