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The name seems blankly prosaic because the British generally usually use the word "sea", while the French the word "mer". The French ship wasn't named for any of these, but for the Roman mythological giant river, or giant snake Oceanus, which encompassed the flat earth in their mythology. Thus the ships are instead named poetically, but this fact was lost in translation.

• The first Ocean, 90 was a ship of the line built in 1761.

• The second Ocean, 98 was a ship of the line launched in 1805, active in the Napoleonic Wars, and later upgraded to a 110-gun first-rate.

• The third Ocean was originally ordered to be built as a wooden screw ship intended to carry 91 guns. However, the order was changed and she was eventually launched in 1863 as an ironclad of 24 guns. In the late 1860s she served as flagship to the Commander in Chief of the China Station and after an active life of only six years, was paid off in 1872.

• The fourth Ocean was a battleship launched in 1898 and sunk by a mineNaval mines are anti-ship or anti-submarine weapons which, like landmines, are static weapons deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of an enemy ship (cf depth charge). They can be quite cost-effective. Since World War II, min in 1915Events January 12 The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of Congress. January 12 United States House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote. January 13 An earthquake (6. 8 in Richter scale) in Avezzano, Ital.

• The fifth Ocean was an aircraft carrierUSS John C. Stennis (left), and HMS Illustrious (right), showing the difference in size between a supercarrier and a typical aircraft carrier. An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft. Aircraft carriers thus allow completed in 1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II: and scrapped in 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e.

• The sixth Ocean (L12)The sixth HMS Ocean (L12 of the Royal Navy is a Landing Platform, Helicopter, the only one in its class, built by Kvaerner Govan on the Clyde taking advantage of commercial build methods and facilities, before sailing from Barrow-in-Furness for fitting ou is a "Landing Platform, Helicopter" launched in 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja and on active service as of 2003.