Ocean (1808 ship)

Ocean was built in 1808 at Whitby, England, that once carried settlers to South Africa and twice transported convicts to Australia.

For other ships with the same name, see Ocean (ship) and Ocean (East Indiaman).

History
United Kingdom
Name:	Ocean
Owner:	Atty & Co.
Builder:	Barrick, Whitby, England
Launched:	1808
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	435,[1] or 435​^36⁄94,[2] or 437,[3][4][5] or 439[6]
Length:	116 ft (35.4 m)[5]
Beam:	29 ft 9 in (9.1 m)[5]
Propulsion:	Sail

Career

Ocean appeared in the Register of Shipping (RS) in 1809 with Barrick, master and owner, and trade Whitby–London.[3]

Lloyd's Register (LR) for 1818 showed Ocean with Remington, master, Attys, owner, and trade London–New South Wales. She had undergone a "good repair" in 1815.[7]

First convict transport voyage (1817-1818)

Under the command of Samuel Remington she sailed from Spithead, England, on 21 August 1817, and arrived at Port Jackson on 10 January 1818.[4] She transported 180 male convicts, none of whom died on the voyage.[8]

Ocean left Port Jackson on 15 February bound for Batavia.[9]

Voyage transporting settlers to South Africa in 1820

In 1820 Ocean carried settlers from England to South Africa under the British Government's 1820 Settlers scheme. Captain Davis sailed from London on 13 December 1819 with 206 settlers. Ocean arrived at Table Bay, Cape Town, on 29 March 1820, and Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, on 15 April.[10]

See also: Transport vessels of the 1820 British settlers to South Africa

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.[11] She transported 173 male convicts, six of whom died on the voyage.[12]

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.[13] She arrived in London in 1825.

Later career

In 1828 her owners changed her registration to London.[5] Lloyd's Register for 1829 still showed Atty as her owners. It gave her master as Dean, and her trade as London-Quebec.[1] The Register of Shipping for 1830 showed her with Major, master, T.Ward, owner, and trade London–Sierra Leone.

However, the change of master and trade had changed in actuality in 1828. In late 1828 Ocean, Major, master, carried the missionary William Munro to Sierra Leone, where he died a year or so later.[14]

Citations and references

Citations

1. Lloyd's Register (1829), Seq. №O23.
2. Hackman (2001), p. 302.
3. RS (1809), Seq.№O11.
4. Bateson (1959), pp. 290–1.
5. Weatherill (1908), p. 118.
6. LR (1825); Ships trading to NSW & Van Dieman's Land in 1823.
7. LR (1818), Seq.№O42.
8. Bateson (1959), p. 327.
9. "Ship News". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 21 February 1818, p.3. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
10. British 1820 Settlers to South Africa: Ocean. Accessed 27 February 2019.
11. Bateson (1959), pp. 294–5.
12. Bateson (1959), p. 329.
13. "News". Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser, Friday 31 December 1824, p.3. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
14. Fox (1851), pp. 353–354.

References

• Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Fox, William (1851). A brief history of the Wesleyan missions on the west coast of Africa: including biographical sketches of all the missionaries who have died in that important field of labour: with some account of the European settlements and of the slave-trade. Aylott and Jones.
• Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Weatherill, Richard (1908). The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping. Whitby: Horne and Son.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)