HMS Ocean (1805)
{{short description|1805 ship of the line of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Ocean}}
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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.Simper, River Medway and the Swale, p2
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- [http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=1828 Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Ocean]. William Loney RN - Background. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
- Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. {{ISBN|0-85177-252-8}}.
- {{cite book|title=River Medway and the Swale |first=Robert |last=Simper |publisher=Creekside Publishing |location=Lavenham |year=1998 |isbn=978-0951992777}}
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Category:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
Category:Ships built in Woolwich
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