Type of battleship Ajax - two battleships of the third rank, created for the Royal Navy. They belonged to the so-called large 74-gun ships, as they carried 24-pound guns on the upper gun decks, unlike the usual 74-guns, which were armed with 18-pound guns. The design of ships like Ajax was an elongated version of the HMS Invincible .
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| Prior type | type mars |
| Years of construction | 1795 - 1798 |
| Years in operation | 1798 - 1881 |
| Built | 2 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1964 tons ( BM ) |
| Gondek length | 182 ft 3 in (55.5 m) |
| Keel length | 149 ft 8 in (45.6 m) |
| Midship Width | 49 ft 3 in (15 m) |
| Depth of intrum | 21 ft 3 in. (6.5 m) |
| Engines | Sail |
| Armament | |
| Total number of guns | 74 |
| Gundeck Guns | 28 × 32 pound guns |
| Guns on the operdek | 30 × 24-fn. guns |
| Guns on the Trench | 12 × 12-fn. guns |
| Guns on the tank | 4 × 12-fn. guns |
Ships
- HMS Kent
Builder: Perry, Blackwall Shipyard
Ordered: June 10, 1795
Laid down: October 1795
Launched: January 17, 1798
Derived: disassembled, 1881
- Hms ajax
Builder: John Randall, Rotherhit Shipyard
Ordered: April 30, 1795
Laid down: September 1795
Launched: March 3, 1798
Bred: burned down on February 4, 1807
Literature
- Lavery, B. The Ship of the Line. The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. - Conway Maritime Press, 2003. - Vol. I. - ISBN 0-85177-252-8 .