HMS Ajax (1765)
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Launched: | 1767 |
Fate: | Sold out of the service, 1785 |
General Characteristics | |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Armament: | 74 guns of various weight of shot |
Honours and awards: | Battle of Cape St. Vincent, Battle of the Chesapeake, Battle of St. Kitts, Battle of the Saintes |
HMS Ajax, launched in 1767 at Portsmouth Dockyard, was a third rate 74-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy.
She saw extensive action in the War of American Independence, taking part in the Battles of Cape St. Vincent, the Chesapeake, St. Kitts and the Saintes.
She was sold in 1785.