History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | Ocean |
Launched | 1790, Plymouth[1] |
Captured | 1797 |
Fate | Recaptured 1798 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 41[1] (bm) |
Sail plan | Sloop |
Ocean was a sloop launched in 1790 at Plymouth. Circa 1792 the Sierra Leone Company purchased her and sailed her in support of their colony. In 1793, the Company sent her on a voyage along the coast to trade for African commodities that she brought back to Freetown for re-export. The Company judged the experiment a success and the next year it sent several more vessels to do the same. The French captured Ocean in August 1796; the Royal Navy recaptured her in January 1798. As of May 2024, her subsequent fate is obscure.