HMS Ajax (1765)

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Career
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Launched:	1767
Status:	Sold, 1785
General Characteristics
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Propulsion:	Sails
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Range:	No fuel, so limited only by provisions
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Armament:	74 guns
Honours and awards:	Battle of Cape St. Vincent, Battle of the Chesapeake, Battle of St. Kitts, Battle of the Saintes

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ajax.

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.