Ocean (1808)

Career
Name: Ocean
Launched: 1808, Whitby, England
General characteristics
Displacement:437 tons
Propulsion:Sail
For other ships of the same name, see Ocean (ship).

The Ocean was a 437 ton sailing ship built in 1808 at Whitby, England.

Under the command of Samuel Remmington, she sailed from Spithead, England on 21 August 1817, with 180 male convicts. She arrived at Port Jackson on 10 January 1818. No convicts died on the voyage. Ocean left Port Jackson on 15 February bound for Batavia.[1] Sailing from Portsmouth on 24 April 1823, under the command of William Harrison, with 173 male convicts. She arrived at Port Jackson on 27 August 1823. Eight convicts died on the voyage. Ocean left Port Jackson in February 1824 bound for London. While en route she encountered a large gale and she lost her live stock overboard. She also rescued the crew of the whaler Arab, before Arab sank. Ocean went to Saint Helena to undertake repairs and buy provisions.[2] She arrived in London in 1825.

Citations

  1. ↑ "Ship News". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 21 February 1818, p.3. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "News". Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser, Friday 31 December 1824, p.3. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

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