HMS Ajax (1767)
Ajax in the port of Portsmouth ( Naval Base )
- 28 × 32- pounder
- 28 × 18- pounder
- 18 × 9- pounder
The Ajax was a 74 -gun ship of the line third rank of the Royal Navy.
Your Launched on December 23, 1767th rigged, she was a full-rigged ship. She took part in the following battles of the Revolutionary War:
- Battle of Cape St. Vincent on 16 January in 1780.
- Naval battle of the Chesapeake Bay on 5 September, 1781.
- Battle of St. Kitts on 25 and January 26, 1782
- Battle of the Saintes on 12 April, 1782.
During their participation in these battles, the Ajax was under the command of Captain Nicholas Charrington.
1785 Ajax was sold for demolition.