HMS Ocean

HMS Ocean is a traditional name common in the Royal Navy, which six ships have carried so far. It goes back to a French ship named Océan that was captured in 1759 . The British studied their design features, the condition of the captured ship did not allow any further use.

The tank frigate HMS Ocean from 1862

• The Royal Navy's first HMS Ocean (1761) was a 90-gun Sandwich-class ship of the line , launched in 1761 and struck off in 1793.

• The second HMS Ocean (1805) was a 98-gun ship of the line , launched in 1795, used in the Napoleonic Wars and later converted to a 110-gun ship of the line, 1st class. In 1841 it became a port ship in Sheerness and only demolished in 1875.

• The third HMS Ocean (1863) , commissioned as a wooden screw ship, was launched in 1863 as an armored frigate of the Prince Consort class . She served as the flagship of the Royal Navy's China Station and was decommissioned in 1872 after six years of active service and was not used again until it was demolished in 1882.

The battleship HMS Ocean of Canopus class from 1898

• The fourth HMS Ocean (1898) , a Canopus class ship of the line that was launched in 1898 and sank in the Dardanelles in 1915 after being hit by a mine .

• The fifth HMS Ocean (R68) was a Colossus- class aircraft carrier completed in 1945 , on which a jet aircraft landed and took off for the first time in 1945, which was used as a helicopter carrier during the Suez Crisis in 1956 and was canceled in 1962.

The landing ship HMS Ocean L12 from 1995

• The sixth HMS Ocean (L12) is an amphibious warfare landing ship that is used as a helicopter and aircraft carrier and was launched in 1995.