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HMS Jason : St John's Cathedral OBAN

 
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:16 pm    Post subject: HMS Jason : St John's Cathedral OBAN Reply with quote

Inside St John's Scottish Episcopal Church , OBAN is a Lifebelt that comes from the HMS JASON which was hit by an Enemy Mine off COLL during the Great War and there were 25 casualties from that .

The Crew before their last fateful tour of duty had worshipped at St John's Cathedral. The Cathedral was much used by the HM Forces in both World Wars .

It has been said that many war memorials are finely designed but this War Memorial was the means of actually saving one or two lives .


The lifebelt with the Markings for "HMS JASON " hangs inside the catheral .

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As a ship memorial this lifeboat has already been posted in the Regimental & Unit Memorials section for Argyll:

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=460

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