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 & 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Aircraft carried | 48 |
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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.