HMS Ajax
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ajax after the Greek hero Ajax:
- HMS Ajax (1767) was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1767 and sold in 1785.
- HMS Ajax (1798) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1798. She fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and was burned by accident in 1807.
- HMS Ajax (1809) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1809. She was converted to screw propulsion in 1846 and broken up in 1864.
- HMS Ajax was a 78-gun third rate launched in 1835 as HMS Vanguard. She was renamed HMS Ajax in 1867 and was broken up in 1875.
- HMS Ajax (1880) was an Ajax-class ironclad battleship launched in 1880 and sold in 1904.
- HMS Ajax (1912) was a King George V-class battleship launched in 1912 and broken up in 1926.
- HMS Ajax (22) was a Leander-class light cruiser launched in 1934. She took part in the Battle of the River Plate and was broken up in 1949.
- HMS Ajax (F114) was a Leander-class frigate launched in 1962 and broken up in 1988.
- was an Admiralty barge built in 1956. She was moored at Jupiter Point on the Lynher River, Plymouth for seamanship training by HMS Raleigh from 1987 to 2008.[1]
Battle Honours[]
- St. Vincent 1780
- St Kitts 1782
- The Saints 1782
- Egypt 1801
- Trafalgar 1805
- San Sebastian 1813
- Baltic 1854–55
- Jutland 1916
- River Plate 1939
- Mediterranean 1940–41
- Matapan 1941
- Greece 1941
- Crete 1941
- Malta Convoys 1941
- Aegean[disambiguation needed] 1944
- Normandy 1944
- South France 1944
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "HMS AJAX". www.hmsajax.org. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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