HMS Ajax (1809)
Ajax as guardship at Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Ajax |
| Ordered | 1 July 1807 |
| Builder | Perry, Wells & Green, Blackwall Yard |
| Laid down | August 1807 |
| Launched | 2 May 1809 |
| Commissioned | June 1809 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 1864 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1864 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1,761 (bm) |
| Length | 176 ft (53.6 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft 9 in (14.6 m) |
| Draught | 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m) (light) |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 590 |
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HMS Ajax was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1809, she played a minor role in the Napoleonic Wars.
launched on 2 May 1809 at Blackwall Yard.