Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships

Ship:	JASON
Arrived:	7 May 1931
Departed:	20 September 1931
Career:	Broken up Osaka 4 December 1931. From Oyster Company ledger - agent Alfred Holt & Co. - 7 May 1931 swivel. - 20 September 1931 left fishery. 7 May 1931 arrived Tollesbury from London [Liverpool Journal of Commerce 8 May 1931] Shields Daily News 01 Jul 1931 Alfred Holt & Co JASON at Tollesbury 07-05-31 Shields Daily News 16 Sep 1931 records her at Tollesbury since May. Hull Daily Mail 18-09-31 reported JASON leaves River Blackwater 20-09-31 and is due Hull 21-09-31 to dry-dock and bunker. Shields Daily News 23 Sep 1931 Alfred Holt & Co JASON departed Tollesbury for Hull (no date)
Tonnage:	7.450 gross
Built:	1902
Type:	Cargo ship
Owner:	Ocean S.S. Co.
Official No:	115297
ID	1115297

Part of a photograph of The Shore, Bradwell on Sea, taken 1931-32. The vessels shown are thought to be a Blue Funnel liner, probably JASON, liner (7 May 1931 - 20 Sep 1931), PORT CURTIS and HIGHLAND WARRIOR. HIGHLAND WARRIOR left the river 7 December 1932. Date: cAugust 1931.

Above: Part of a photograph of The Shore, Bradwell on Sea, taken 1931-32. The vessels shown are thought to be a Blue Funnel liner, probably JASON, liner (7 May 1931 - 20 Sep 1931), PORT CURTIS and HIGHLAND WARRIOR. HIGHLAND WARRIOR left the river 7 December 1932. Date: cAugust 1931.
Source: Mersea Museum / Ian Clarke Collection