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HMS Ocean (1761)

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317: 229: 53: 33: 424: 286:. She remained out of service for the following seven years, undergoing minor repairs in 1769 but not being returned to sea. She was finally recommissioned in October 1770 under Captain James Cranston, and set sail to bolster the Royal Navy presence during the 312:
of June 1773. Captain Knight vacated the vessel in 1774, with command passing briefly to Captain John Reynolds and then to Captain John Laforey. In March 1776 Laforey was replaced by Captain Edward Le Cras, but resumed his post in December of the same year.
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was commissioned for service in April 1761 under Captain William Langdon. She was initially assigned to the British fleet under the overall command of Admiral
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was found to be surplus to Hawke's requirements and she was returned to Plymouth Dockyard to be
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for the port, under the command of Captain Joseph Knight. She was the flagship for
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The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850
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This article about a ship of the line of the United Kingdom is a
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from 1772, taking part in home waters patrols and in the
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was returned to Plymouth where she was designated as a
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joining Admiral Keppel's fleet off Ushant, July 1778.
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HMS Ocean

Royal Navy Ensign
Great Britain
Sandwich-class
ship of the line
bm
Full-rigged ship

Hendrik Kobell
second rate
ship of the line
Royal Navy
Chatham
Edward Hawke
paid off
in ordinary
Falklands Crisis
guard ship
Port Admiral
Richard Spry
Spithead review

Dominic Serres





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