Ocean (1808 ship)

History
Name: Ocean
Owner: Atty & Co.
Builder: Barrick, Whitby, England
Launched: 1808
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 435,[1] 437,[2][3] 435 36⁄94,[4] or 439[5]
Length: 116 feet (35.4 m)[3]
Beam: 29 feet 9 inches (9.1 m)[3]
Propulsion: Sail
For other ships with the same name, see Ocean (ship) and Ocean (East Indiaman).

Ocean was a sailing ship built in 1808 at Whitby, England, that twice transported convicts to Australia.

First convict transport voyage (1817-1818)

Under the command of Samuel Remmington she sailed from Spithead, England, on 21 August 1817, and arrived at Port Jackson on 10 January 1818.[2] She transported 180 male convicts, none of whom died on the voyage.[6]

Ocean left Port Jackson on 15 February bound for Batavia.[7]

Second convict transport voyage (1823-1824)

Under the command of William Harrison, Ocean sailed from Portsmouth on 24 April 1823, and arrived at Port Jackson on 27 August 1823.[8] She transported 173 male convicts, six of whom died on the voyage.[9]

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 36-man crew of the whaler Arab, before Arab sank. Ocean went to Saint Helena to undertake repairs and buy provisions.[10] She arrived in London in 1825.

In 1828 her owners changed her registration to London.[3] The Lloyd's Register for 1829 still showed Atty as her owners. It gave her master as Dean, and her trade as London-Quebec.[1]

Citations and references

Citations
  1. 1 2 Lloyd's Register (1829), Seq. №O23.
  2. 1 2 Bateson (1959), pp. 290-1.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Weatherill (1908), p.118.
  4. ↑ Hackman (2001), p.302.
  5. ↑ Lloyd's Register (1825); Ships trading to NSW & Van Dieman's Land in 1823.
  6. ↑ Bateson (1959), p.327.
  7. ↑ "Ship News". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 21 February 1818, p.3. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  8. ↑ Bateson (1959), pp.294-5.
  9. ↑ Bateson (1959), p.329.
  10. ↑ "News". Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser, Friday 31 December 1824, p.3. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
References
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