Name Ocean Launched 1808 Weight 437 tons Propulsion Sail | Owner Atty & Co. Length 35 m Place built Whitby, United Kingdom | |
Builder Barrick, Whitby, England Tons burthen 435, 437, 435 ⁄94, or 439 Beam 29 feet 9 inches (9.1 m) | ||
Ocean was a sailing ship built in 1808 at Whitby, England, that twice transported convicts to Australia.
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First convict transport voyage (1817-1818)
Under the command of Samuel Remmington she sailed from Spithead, England, on 21 August 1817, and arrived at Port Jackson on 10 January 1818. She transported 180 male convicts, none of whom died on the voyage.
Ocean left Port Jackson on 15 February bound for Batavia.
Second convict transport voyage (1823-1824)
Under the command of William Harrison, Ocean sailed from Portsmouth on 24 April 1823, and arrived at Port Jackson on 27 August 1823. She transported 173 male convicts, six of whom died on the voyage.
Ocean left Port Jackson in February 1824 bound for London. While en route she encountered a large gale and she lost her live stock overboard. She also rescued the 36-man crew of the whaler Arab, before Arab sank. Ocean went to Saint Helena to undertake repairs and buy provisions. She arrived in London in 1825.
In 1828 her owners changed her registration to London. The Lloyd's Register for 1829 still showed Atty as her owners. It gave her master as Dean, and her trade as London-Quebec.