French ironclad Océan

	Océan photographed by Neurdein
History
France
Name	Océan
Builder	Brest
Laid down	18 April 1865
Launched	15 October 1868
Commissioned	15 July 1870
Stricken	26 November 1894
Fate	Broken up in 1895
General characteristics (Océan as built)
Class and type	Océan-class ironclad
Displacement	7,749 metric tons (7,627 long tons)
Length	86.2 m (282 ft 10 in)
Beam	17.52 m (57 ft 6 in)
Draft	9.09 m (29.8 ft) (mean)
Installed power	3,780–4,180 indicated horsepower (2,820–3,120 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 Horizontal return connecting rod compound steam engine; 8 oval boilers;
Sail plan	Barque or barquentine-rig
Speed	13–14 knots (24–26 km/h; 15–16 mph)
Range	approximately 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	750–778
Armament	4 × 1 – 240 mm (9.4 in) guns; 4 × 1 – 194 mm (7.6 in) guns; 4 × 1 – 164 mm (6.5 in) guns;
Armor	Belt: 178–203 mm (7.0–8.0 in); Battery: 160 mm (6.3 in); Barbettes: 150 mm (6 in);

Océan was a wooden-hulled, armored frigate built for the French Navy in the mid to late 1860s and the lead ship of her class. She was commissioned in 1870 to participate in the Franco-Prussian War and was assigned to the Baltic Squadron that unsuccessfully attempted to blockade Prussian ports in the Baltic Sea. The ship later served in both the Northern and Mediterranean Squadrons before being discarded in 1894.

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