HMS Ajax (F114)

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HMS Ajax underway
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ajax
Builder	Cammell Laird
Laid down	12 October 1959
Launched	16 August 1962
Commissioned	10 December 1963
Decommissioned	31 May 1985
Identification	Pennant number: F114
Nickname(s)	White tornado[citation needed]
Fate	Scrapped 1988
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General characteristics
Class and type	Leander-class frigate
Displacement	2,450 tons standard 2,860 tons full load
Length	372 ft (113 m)
Beam	41 ft (12 m)
Draught	18 ft (5 m)
Propulsion	2 × Babcock & Wilcox 550psi boilers 2 × English Electric steam turbines
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	5,300 nmi (9,800 km; 6,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	251 as built, 257 after Ikara refit
Armament	As built: 2 × Vickers 4.5 in (114 mm) gun in Mk6 turret (1 × 2) 2 × 40 mm Bofors guns (2 × 1) 1 × Mk10 Limbo anti-submarine mortar After Ikara refit: 2 × 40 mm Bofors guns (2 × 1) 1 × Mk10 Limbo AS mortar 1 × Ikara AS rocket 8 × GWS22 Sea Cat (2 × 4)
Aircraft carried	1 × Wasp helicopter

HMS Ajax was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by the famous Cammell Laird company of Birkenhead. Ajax was launched on 16 August 1962 and commissioned on 10 December 1963. She was originally intended to be named HMS Fowey, and laid down as a Rothesay class, but instead became part of Batch 1 of the Leander class.