HMS Ajax explained

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ajax after the Greek hero Ajax:

was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1767 and sold in 1785.
was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1798. She fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and was burned by accident in 1807.
was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1809. She was converted to screw propulsion in 1846 and broken up in 1864.
HMS Ajax was a 78-gun third rate launched in 1835 as . She was renamed HMS Ajax in 1867 and was broken up in 1875.
was an battleship launched in 1880 and sold in 1904.
was a battleship launched in 1912 and broken up in 1926.
was a light cruiser launched in 1934. She took part in the Battle of the River Plate and was broken up in 1949.
was a launched in 1962 and broken up in 1988.
was an Admiralty barge built in 1956. She was moored at Jupiter Point on the Lynher River, Plymouth for seamanship training by from 1987 to 2008.^[1]

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