HMS Ocean (1805)

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameHMS Ocean
Ordered4 May 1797
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Laid down1 October 1792
Launched24 October 1805
FateBroken up, 1875
NotesDepot ship from 1841
General characteristics [1]
Class and type98-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen22764994 (bm)
Length196 ft (60 m)(gundeck)
Beam51 ft (16 m)
Depth of hold21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 98 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 12 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs

HMS Ocean was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched from Woolwich Dockyard on 24 October 1805. She was the only ship built to her draught, and designed by Sir John Henslow. [1]

She was converted to serve as a depot ship in 1841, and was eventually broken up in 1875. [1] Her figurehead is preserved at Queenborough, Kent. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p183.
  2. Simper, River Medway and the Swale, p2

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