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HMS Ocean (1805)

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Name
  
HMS Ocean

Laid down
  
1 October 1792

Notes
  
Depot ship from 1841

Launched
  
24 October 1805

Ordered
  
4 May 1797

Fate
  
Broken up, 1875

Construction started
  
1 October 1792

Class and type
  
98-gun second rate ship of the line

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.

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

References

HMS Ocean (1805) Wikipedia