Ocean Chief (clipper)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Ocean Chief (1853)
Owner	James Baines & Co.
Operator	Black Ball Line
Route	United Kingdom−Australia
Builder	Joshua C. Morton,[1] Thomaston, Maine, USA
Completed	1853
Acquired	1854
Fate	Burnt, 1862 Bluff Harbour New Zealand
General characteristics
Type	Clipper
Tonnage	1,026 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	182 ft (55 m)
Beam	34 ft (10 m)
History
United Kingdom
Name	Wild Ranger
Builder	J. O. Curtis, Medford, Massachusetts, United States
Completed	1853
Renamed	Ocean Chief, 1862
Owner	James Baines & Co. (1862-1866)
Operator	Black Ball Line (1862-1866)
Route	United Kingdom−Australia
Acquired	1862
Fate	Sank off Calcutta in 1872
General characteristics
Type	Clipper
Tonnage	930 gross register tons (GRT)

Ocean Chief was a clipper ship used in a regular packet service and as a passenger ship for bounty emigrants to Australia between June 1854 and December 1861 at the time of the Australian gold rushes.