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''Océan'' was a 118-gun first-rate three-decker ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the Estates of Bourgogne. She was ordered as ''États de Bourgogne'' and was launched at Brest in 1790. Like many French ships of the line during the Revolutionary period, she was renamed several times, becoming ''Côte d'Or'' in January 1793, ''Montagne'' in October 1793, ''Peuple'' on 17 May 1795, and a matter of weeks later again renamed, to ''Océan''. She served until 1855. A large model at the 1/16 scale can be seen at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. == Career == As the largest ship of the line in the Brest fleet, the ship spent much of her early career as the fleet flagship. As ''Montagne'', the ship was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse in the Combat de Prairial (known in English literature as the Glorious First of June) in 1794. She was badly damaged by the HMS ''Royal Sovereign'', losing 313 men and receiving 233 round shots in her hull. On 17 May 1795, she was renamed ''Peuple''; a month later, on the 23 of June she fought in the Battle of Groix as Villaret's flagship. Returning to Lorient three days later, she was (officially, since 30 of May the name ''Océan'' was used) renamed to ''Océan''. She was refitted in Brest in 1797. In 1801, she once again served as Villaret's flagship, ferrying troops of Leclerc's expedition to Saint-Domingue. ''Océan'' was Allemand's flagship at the Battle of the Basque Roads. She was decommissioned on 2 August 1850, and used as a floating artillery battery from May 1851. Image:MuseeMarine-Ocean-p1000425.jpg Image:MuseeMarine-Ocean-p1000426.jpg Image:MuseeMarine-Ocean-p1000424.jpg Image:MuseeMarine-Ocean-p1000427.jpg Image:MuseeMarine-Ocean-p1000422.jpg File:Loutherbourg-La Victoire de Lord Howe.jpg|The ''Océan'', as ''Montagne'', in Louthebourg's ''Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「French ship Océan (1790)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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