Ajax-class ship of the line
Class overview | |
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Name: | Ajax |
Operators: | Royal Navy |
Preceded by: | Mars-class |
In service: | 17 January 1798 - 1881 |
Completed: | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Ship of the line |
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Beam: | 49 ft 3 in (15.01 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
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Notes: | Ships in class include: Kent, Ajax |
The Ajax-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates of the Royal Navy. They were grouped in with the large class of 74s, as they carried 24-pounders on their upper gun decks, rather than the 18-pounders of the middling and common class 74s. The design of the Ajax-class was a lengthened (by 11ft) version of the Valiant class, the lines of which were taken from the French Invincible, captured in 1747.
Ships
- Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard
- Ordered: 10 June 1795
- Launched: 17 January 1798
- Fate: Broken up, 1881
- Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe
- Ordered: 10 June 1795
- Launched: 3 March 1798
- Fate: Accidentally burnt, 1807
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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