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.

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