HMS Ajax (1912)
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Ajax |
| Ordered: | 1910 |
| Laid down: | 27 February 1911 |
| Launched: | 21 March 1912 |
| Commissioned: | 31 October 1913 |
| Decommissioned: | 1924 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 9 November 1926 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | King George V-class battleship |
| Displacement: | 23,400 tons |
| Length: | 598 ft (182 m) |
| Beam: | 89 ft (27 m) |
| Draught: | 27.5 ft (8.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Turbine (Parsons) producing 31,000 shp, driving 4 screws |
| Speed: | 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h) |
| Complement: | 900 |
| Armament: | 10 × 13.5-inch (342.9 mm) Mk V guns (5×2) 16 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk VII guns 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Main belt: 12 in. (305 mm) Turrets: 11 in. (279 mm) |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Ajax.
HMS Ajax was a King George V-class battleship (one of four ships of the class), built at Scotts' shipyard at Greenock on the River Clyde. She was completed in 1913 and saw action at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and in the Mediterranean and Black Seas in 1919, before being decommissioned in 1924.
[edit] See also
- List of battleships
- List of ship names of the Royal Navy#A
- List of battleships of the Royal Navy
- List of ship launches in 1912
- List of ship commissionings in 1913
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