French_ship_Océan_(1790)
French ship Océan (1790)
Ship of the line of the French Navy
Océan was a 118-gun first-rate three-decker ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship[note 1] of her class. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the Estates of Bourgogne.
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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 of a generic Océan-class ship, named Océan, at the 1⁄16 scale can be seen at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.