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* {{HMS|Ocean|1863}} was originally ordered to be built as a [[Bulwark-class battleship (1859)|''Bulwark''-class wooden screw line-of battle ship]] intended to carry 91 guns. However, the order was changed and she was eventually launched in 1863 as a {{sclass|Prince Consort|ironclad}} of 24 guns. In the late 1860s she served as flagship to the [[Commander-in-Chief, China]] and after an active life of only six years, was paid off in 1872. | * {{HMS|Ocean|1863}} was originally ordered to be built as a [[Bulwark-class battleship (1859)|''Bulwark''-class wooden screw line-of battle ship]] intended to carry 91 guns. However, the order was changed and she was eventually launched in 1863 as a {{sclass|Prince Consort|ironclad}} of 24 guns. In the late 1860s she served as flagship to the [[Commander-in-Chief, China]] and after an active life of only six years, was paid off in 1872. | ||
* {{HMS|Ocean|1898}} was a [[Canopus-class battleship|''Canopus''-class pre-dreadnought battleship]] launched in 1898 and sunk by a [[Naval mine|mine]] in 1915. | * {{HMS|Ocean|1898}} was a [[Canopus-class battleship|''Canopus''-class pre-dreadnought battleship]] launched in 1898 and sunk by a [[Naval mine|mine]] in 1915. | ||
* {{HMS|Ocean|R68}} was an {{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier}} completed in 1945, served in the [[Korean War]] as an aircraft carrier, and the [[Suez Crisis]] as a helicopter platform and was scrapped in 1962. | * {{HMS|Ocean|R68}} was an {{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier}} completed in 1945, served in the [[Korean War]] as an [[aircraft carrier]], and the [[Suez Crisis]] as a helicopter platform and was scrapped in 1962. | ||
* {{HMS|Ocean|L12}} was a [[Landing Platform, Helicopter]] (LPH) launched in 1995 and decommissioned in March 2018, after which she was transferred to the Brazilian Navy as [[Brazilian aircraft carrier Atlântico|''Atlântico'']].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/brazil-purchase-hms-ocean-84-million/ |title=Brazil announces purchase of HMS Ocean for £84 million |publisher=ukdefencejournal.org.uk |date=2 January 2018 |access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref> | * {{HMS|Ocean|L12}} was a [[Landing Platform, Helicopter]] (LPH) launched in 1995 and decommissioned in March 2018, after which she was transferred to the [[Brazilian Navy]] as [[Brazilian aircraft carrier Atlântico|''Atlântico'']].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/brazil-purchase-hms-ocean-84-million/ |title=Brazil announces purchase of HMS Ocean for £84 million |publisher=ukdefencejournal.org.uk |date=2 January 2018 |access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref> | ||
==Battle Honours== | ==Battle Honours== | ||
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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Six ships that were built for the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ocean. The name Ocean entered the list from which names are selected for British ships in 1759, when the Royal Navy captured the French ship named Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".. The British studied the French technology of this ship and admired it, but the ship had to be in bad shape before it would be replaced by a new-build.
- Template:HMS, was a 90-gun ship of the line built in 1761.
- Template:HMS, was a 98-gun ship of the line launched in 1805, active in the Napoleonic Wars, and later upgraded to a 110-gun first-rate.
- Template:HMS was originally ordered to be built as a Bulwark-class wooden screw line-of battle ship intended to carry 91 guns. However, the order was changed and she was eventually launched in 1863 as a Template:Sclass of 24 guns. In the late 1860s she served as flagship to the Commander-in-Chief, China and after an active life of only six years, was paid off in 1872.
- Template:HMS was a Canopus-class pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1898 and sunk by a mine in 1915.
- Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass completed in 1945, served in the Korean War as an aircraft carrier, and the Suez Crisis as a helicopter platform and was scrapped in 1962.
- Template:HMS was a Landing Platform, Helicopter (LPH) launched in 1995 and decommissioned in March 2018, after which she was transferred to the Brazilian Navy as Atlântico.[1]
Battle Honours
- Ushant 1781
- Mesopotamia 1914
- Suez Canal 1915
- Dardanelles 1915
- Korea 1952–53
- Al Faw 2003
References
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