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Keptie
Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 939 Location: near Arbroath Angus
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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:16 pm Post subject: HMS Jason : St John's Cathedral OBAN |
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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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Patrick w anderson
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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