HMS Ocean (1863)

HMS Ocean in 1868
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Ocean
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
Cost£298,851
Laid down23 August 1860
Launched19 March 1863
Completed6 September 1866
CommissionedJuly 1866
DecommissionedJune 1872
FateSold for scrap, 1882
General characteristics
Class and typePrince Consort-class armoured frigate
Displacement6,832 long tons (6,942 t)
Length273 ft 1 in (83.2 m)
Beam58 ft 5 in (17.8 m)
Draught27 ft 6 in (8.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion1 shaft, 1 Horizontal return connecting-rod steam engine
Sail planBarque rig
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)
Complement605
Armament24 × 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns
Armour
  • Belt: 3–4.5 in (76–114 mm)
  • Battery: 3–4.5 in (76–114 mm)

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.