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Ocean Class (Russian Survey Vessel)
Ocean class may refer to: *Ocean ship, a class of cargo ships used by the British Ministry of War Transport in WWII *Océan-class ironclad, used by the French Navy *Océan-class ship of the line, used by the French Navy *Ocean class, a type of survey vessel used by the Russian Hydrographic Service {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocean Ship
The Ocean ships were a class of sixty cargo ships built in the United States by Todd Shipyards Corporation during the Second World War for the British Ministry of War Transport under contracts let by the British Purchasing Commission. Eighteen were lost to enemy action and eight to accidents; survivors were sold postwar into merchant service. To expedite production, the type was based on an existing design, later adapted to become the Liberty ship. Yards constructed to build the Oceans went immediately into production of Liberty hulls. Before and during construction the ships are occasionally mentioned as "British Victory" or victory ships as distinct from the United States variant known as the Liberty ship. Contract and yards On 19 December 1940 John D. Reilly, president of Todd Shipyards Corporation, announced that contracts totaling $100,000,000 had been signed between two Todd affiliates and the British Purchasing Commission for the construction of sixty cargo ships with thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Océan-class Ironclad
The ''Océan''-class ironclads were a class of three wooden-hulled armored frigates built for the French Navy in the mid to late 1860s. attempted to blockade Prussian ports in the Baltic Sea in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War and participated in the French conquest of Tunisia in 1881. was often used as the flagship for the Cherbourg Division, the Channel Division, Mediterranean Squadron and the Northern Squadron during her career. The ships were discarded during the 1890s. Design and description The ''Océan''-class ironclads were designed by Henri Dupuy de Lôme as an improved version of the s. The ships were central battery ironclads with the armament concentrated amidships.de Balincourt and Vincent-Bréchignac 1975, p. 26 For the first time in a French ironclad three watertight iron bulkheads were fitted in the hull. Like most ironclads of their era they were equipped with a metal-reinforced ram.Campbell, p. 288 The ships measured overall, with a beam of . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Océan-class Ship Of The Line
The ''Océan''-class ships of the line were a series of 118-gun three-decker ships of the line of the French Navy, designed by engineer Jacques-Noël Sané. Fifteen were completed from 1788 on, with the last one entering service in 1854; a sixteenth was never completed, and four more were never laid down. The first two of the series were and ''États de Bourgogne'' in the late 1780s. Three ships to the same design followed during the 1790s (a further four ordered in 1793–94 were never built). A second group of eleven were ordered during the First Empire; sometimes described as the ''Austerlitz'' class after the first to be ordered, some of the later ships were not launched until after the end of the Napoleonic era, and one was not completed but broken up on the stocks. A 'reduced' (i.e. shortened) version of this design, called the , with only 110 guns, was produced later, of which two examples were completed. The 5,095-ton 118-gun type was the largest type of ship built up to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
