HMS Ocean

HMS Ocean is an amphibious assault ship, the UK's helicopter carrier and the fleet flagship of the Royal Navy. She is 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 (GBP) £84.6 million. Following her decommissioning from Royal Navy service in March 2018, she will undertake a period of maintenance and is expected to arrive in Rio de Janeiro by the end of 2018 with the intention of being commissioned and fully operational by 2020.

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
Refit: Major 2012–2014
Homeport: HMNB Devonport, Plymouth
Motto: Ex undis surgit victoria (From the waves rises victory)
Honours and
awards: Al Faw 2003
Status: In service
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