HMS ''Ocean'' was a 98-gun

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of the

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, launched from

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on 24 October 1805. She was the only ship built to her draught, and designed by Sir John Henslow. She was converted to serve as a depot ship in 1841, and was eventually broken up in 1875. Her

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is preserved at Queenborough,

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.Simper, ''River Medway and the Swale'', p2

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References

Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Ocean
William Loney RN - Background. Retrieved 4 November 2008. *Lavery, Brian (1983) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. . * * Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Ships built in Woolwich 1805 ships {{UK-line-ship-stub