HMS Ocean (R68)

HMS Ocean off Korea in July 1952
History
United Kingdom
Name	Ocean
Builder	Alexander Stephen & Sons
Laid down	8 November 1942
Launched	8 July 1944
Commissioned	8 August 1945
Decommissioned	1960
Out of service	In reserve, 1957
Fate	Scrapped Faslane, Scotland 1962
General characteristics
Class and type	Colossus-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	13,190 tons
Length	630 ft (190 m)
Beam	80 ft (24 m)
Draught	18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Propulsion	Parson geared turbines, 4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shafts 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi)] at 14 knots (22,200 km at 26 km/h)
Complement	1,300 officers and men
Armament	24 × 2-pounder 32 × 20 mm
Aircraft carried	48

HMS Ocean was a Royal Navy Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier of 13,190 tons built in Glasgow by Alexander Stephen & Sons. Her keel was laid in November 1942, and she was commissioned on 8 August 1945.