HMS Ocean

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ocean.

• The first Ocean, 90 was a ship of the line built in 1761.

• The second Ocean, 98 was a ship of the line launched in 1805, active in the Napoleonic Wars, and later upgraded to a 110-gun first-rate.

• The third Ocean was originally ordered to be built as a wooden screw ship intended to carry 91 guns. However, the order was changed and she was eventually launched in 1863 as an ironclad[?] of 24 guns. In the late 1860s she served as flagship to the Commander in Chief of the China Station[?] and after an active life of only six years, was paid off in 1872.

• The fourth Ocean was a battleship launched in 1898 and sunk by a mine in 1915.

• The fifth Ocean was an aircraft carrier completed in 1945 and scrapped in 1962.

• The sixth Ocean (L12) is a "Landing Platform, Helicopter" launched in 1995 and on active service as of 2003.