HMS Ocean (L12)

	HMS Ocean during Operation Ellamy and the 2011 military intervention in Libya
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ocean
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	11 May 1993
Builder	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, Kværner (Govan)
Laid down	30 May 1994
Launched	11 October 1995
Sponsored by	Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Commissioned	30 September 1998
Decommissioned	27 March 2018
Refit	Major 2012–2014
Homeport	HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Identification	IMO number: 9079456; MMSI number: 234643000; Callsign: GCOU; Deck code: O;
Motto	Ex undis surgit victoria (From the waves rises victory)
Honours and; awards	Al Faw 2003
Fate	Sold to Brazil
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Brazil
Name	NAM Atlântico
Operator	Brazilian Navy
Acquired	Purchased on 19 February 2018, from the Royal Navy
Commissioned	29 June 2018
Homeport	Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro
Identification	IMO number: 9079456; MMSI number: 710509000; Callsign: PWTL; ; Pennant number: A140;
Motto	Nosso navio, nosso mar (Our ship, our sea)
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Landing Platform Helicopter
Displacement	21,500 t (21,200 long tons; 23,700 short tons)
Length	203.4 m (667 ft)
Beam	35 m (115 ft)
Draught	6.5 m (21 ft)
Propulsion	2 × Crossley Pielstick 12 cylinder
Speed	18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) cruise
Range	8,000 miles (13,000 km)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	1 Seaboat (Pacific 22 Mk2); 4 × LCVP Mk5B;
Capacity	40 vehicles
Troops	830 Royal Marines
Crew	285 + 180 FAA/RAF
Sensors and ; processing systems	Type 997 Artisan radar ; Type 1008 Navigational Radar; 2 × Type 1007 Aircraft Control Radar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	UAT Electronic Support Measures; DLH decoy Launchers; Surface Ship Torpedo Defence (SSTD);
Armament	4 × 30mm DS30M Mk2 guns; 3 × Phalanx CIWS (removed before transfer to Brazilian Navy); 4 × Miniguns; 8 × General purpose machine guns;
Aircraft carried	Up to 18 helicopters:; AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat; Merlin; Boeing Chinook; Westland Apache; EC725 Caracal (Brazilian Navy); S-70B Seahawk (Brazilian Navy); AS350 Écureuil (Brazilian Navy);
Aviation facilities	Large flight deck; Hangar deck; Helicopter lifts; Vehicle deck;

HMS Ocean was a Landing Platform Helicopter, formerly the UK's helicopter carrier and the fleet flagship of the Royal Navy. She was designed to support amphibious landing operations and to support the staff of Commander UK Amphibious Force and Commander UK Landing Force. She was constructed in the mid-1990s by Kvaerner Govan on the River Clyde and fitted out by VSEL at Barrow-in-Furness prior to trials and subsequent acceptance in service. Ocean was commissioned in September 1998 at her home port HMNB Devonport, Plymouth.

In December 2017, the Brazilian Navy confirmed the purchase of the ship for £84.6 million. Following her decommissioning from Royal Navy service on 27 March 2018, she arrived in Rio de Janeiro on 25 August 2018, with the intention of being commissioned as Atlântico and fully operational by 2020.

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