Jason (1881 ship)
Jason was a Norwegian whaling vessel laid down in 1881 by Rødsverven in Sandefjord, Norway, the same shipyard which later built Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance. The ship, financed by Christen Christensen, an entrepreneur from Sandefjord, was noted for his participation in an 1892-1893 Antarctic expedition led by Carl Anton Larsen.
Jason in Carl Anton Larsen's expedition to Antarctica. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Norway | |
| Name | Jason |
| Owner | Christen Christensen |
| Builder | Rødsverven, Sandefjord, |
| Launched | 1881 |
| Acquired |
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| Homeport | Sandefjord |
| Italy | |
| Owner | Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi |
| Acquired | 1899 |
| Renamed | Stella Polare |
| Homeport | Genoa |
| Fate | In July 1909 she was given as training ship to an association in Rome and was taken under tow and anchored at Ripa Grande on the river Tiber, Italy. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Barque |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 147 ft (45 m) |
| Beam | 30.6 ft (9.3 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails with steam assisted propulsion 60 hp (45 kW). |
| Speed | 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h) |
| Complement | 40 |
The vessel reached 68°10'S, and set a new record for distance travelled south along the eastern Antarctic Peninsula. The ship's first mate during the expedition was Søren Andersen, also of Sandefjord. Jason was sold to an Italian company in 1899 and rechristened Stella Polare.
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