Ocean (ship)
A number of sailing ships have been named Ocean.
Two ships named Ocean were licensed ships for the British East India Company (EIC). After the EIC lost its monopoly on trade with India in 1813, it licensed vessels belonging to private owners to trade with India.[1]
- Ocean (1800 ship), a 560-ton (bm) merchant ship built in Quebec in 1800, that transported convicts to Port Jackson in 1816.
- Ocean (1808 ship), a 437-ton (bm) merchant ship built at Whitby in 1808, that transported convicts to Port Jackson in 1818 and 1823.
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References
- ↑ Hackman (2001), p. 247.
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