HMS Ocean (1898)
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Ocean |
| Ordered: | 1896/97 Estimates |
| Builder: | Devonport Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 15 February 1897 |
| Launched: | 5 July 1898 |
| Fate: | Sunk by mine, in Battle of the Dardanelles on 18 March 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Canopus class battleship |
| Displacement: | 12,950 tons |
| Length: | 431 ft (131 m) |
| Beam: | 74 ft (23 m) |
| Draught: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, water tube boilers, vertical triple expansion steam engines, 15,400 ihp (11,500 kW) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 750 |
| Armament: | 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns 10 × 3 in (76 mm) guns 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes (underwater) |
The fourth HMS Ocean was a battleship displacing 12,950 tons and armed with four 12-inch (300 mm) and twelve six-inch (152 mm) guns. She was launched in 1898, designed to be able to transit the Suez Canal. From the Mediterranean Station she transferred to the China Station in 1901 before paying off in 1905 and becoming part of the Chatham Reserve. In 1906 she joined the China Fleet and returned to the Mediterranean in 1908. In 1910 she returned home and joined the Fourth Division of the Home Fleet.
Two months after the outbreak of World War I she was dispatched to the East Indies for the protection of the Persian Gulf convoys. In early February 1915 she aided the defence of the Suez Canal against the Turks and then sailed to take part in naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign. She became part of a squadron comprising HM Ships Albion, Irresistible, Majestic, Triumph, and Vengeance, which from March 1, 1915 bombarded various forts and strait defences. On March 18, after standing by the disabled Irresistible, Ocean herself struck a mine and was almost simultaneously crippled by shelling. She sank that night.
[edit] References
- Roger Chesneau and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ed., Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1979), ISBN 0-85177-133-5
- Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J., "British Warships 1914-1919", (Ian Allen, London, 1972), ISBN 0-7110-0380-7
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