HMS Ajax (1809)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ajax.

Ajax as guardship at Kingstown
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Ajax
Ordered1 July 1807
BuilderPerry, Blackwall Yard
Laid downAugust 1807
Launched2 May 1809
FateBroken up, 1864
General characteristics [1]
Class and 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.[1]

  1. ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 188.