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Ocean

HMS Ocean

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateSecond rate
Guns90
WarAmerican War of Independence

90-gun second rate, at Ushant in 1778 and Cape Spartel. Broken up in 1791.

H.M. 'Ocean', 2nd Rate. Union at the Main off Gibraltar with tenders Hendrik Kobell was the eldest and most important of a family of artists originating in Rotterdam. He produced paintings and drawings, but was of considerable importance as an etcher, producing some twenty plates. An old, faint ink Photo: Hendrik Kobell, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

90 guns

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 12 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid down4 August 1758
Launched21 April 1761
CommissionedApril 1761
Length176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Complement750

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

21 April 1761

27 July 1778

20 October 1782

Milbanke's flagship, in the rear

Fate

Survived

Broken up, October 1791