- Battle Honours
- References
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ajax after the Greek hero Ajax: - {{HMS|Ajax|1767}} was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1767 and sold in 1785.
- {{HMS|Ajax|1798}} 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.
- {{HMS|Ajax|1809}} 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 {{HMS|Vanguard|1835|6}}. She was renamed HMS Ajax in 1867 and was broken up in 1875.
- {{HMS|Ajax|1880}} was an {{sclass-|Ajax|ironclad}} battleship launched in 1880 and sold in 1904.
- {{HMS|Ajax|1912}} was a {{sclass-|King George V|battleship|0||1911}} battleship launched in 1912 and broken up in 1926.
- {{HMS|Ajax|22}} was a {{sclass-|Leander|cruiser|0||1931}} light cruiser launched in 1934. She took part in the Battle of the River Plate and was broken up in 1949.
- {{HMS|Ajax|F114}} was a {{sclass-|Leander|frigate}} launched in 1962 and broken up in 1988.
- {{HMS|Ajax|851F}} was an Admiralty barge built in 1956. She was moored at Jupiter Point on the Lynher River, Plymouth for seamanship training by {{HMS|Raleigh|shore establishment|6}} from 1987 to 2008.[1]
Battle Honours- St. Vincent 1780
- St Kitts 1782
- The Saints 1782
- Egypt 1801
- Trafalgar 1805
- San Sebastian 1813
- Baltic 1854–55
- Jutland 1916
- River Plate 1939
- Mediterranean 1940–41
- Matapan 1941
- Greece 1941
- Crete 1941
- Malta Convoys 1941
- Aegean 1944
- Normandy 1944
- South France 1944
References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.hmsajax.org/#/training-barge/4565337515|title=HMS AJAX|website=www.hmsajax.org|access-date=2016-07-10}}
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