&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Ocean_(1862).jpg) HMS Ocean in 1868
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Ocean |
| Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
| Cost | £298,851 |
| Laid down | 23 August 1860 |
| Launched | 19 March 1863 |
| Completed | 6 September 1866 |
| Commissioned | July 1866 |
| Decommissioned | June 1872 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1882 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Prince Consort-class armoured frigate |
| Displacement | 6,832 long tons (6,942 t) |
| Length | 273 ft 1 in (83.2 m) |
| Beam | 58 ft 5 in (17.8 m) |
| Draught | 27 ft 6 in (8.4 m) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 Horizontal return connecting-rod steam engine |
| Sail plan | Barque rig |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) |
| Complement | 605 |
| Armament | 24 × 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns |
| Armour | |
HMS Ocean was the last of the Royal Navy's four Prince Consort-class ironclads to be completed in the mid-1860s. She was originally laid down as a 91-gun second-rate ship of the line, and was converted during construction to an armoured frigate. The ship spent the bulk of her career on the China Station and served as flagship there for a time. Upon her return to Great Britain in 1872 her hull was found to be partly rotten and she was placed in reserve until she was sold for scrap in 1882.