HMS Ajax (1809)

Ajax as guardship at Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire)
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Ajax
Ordered1 July 1807
BuilderPerry, Blackwall Yard
Laid downAugust 1807
Launched2 May 1809
Decommissioned31 March 1864
FateBroken up, 1864
General characteristics
Class & typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1761 bm
Length176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns, 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades
  • PD: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Ajax was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 2 May 1809 at Blackwall Yard.

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