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Leander-class cruiser
HMS Ajax was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with the Royal Navy during World War II. She became famous for her part in the Battle of the River
HMS_Ajax_(22)
List of ships with the same or similar names
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)
HMS_Ajax
British ship of the line (1801–1807)
HMS Ajax was an Ajax-class 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy. She was built by John Randall & Co of Rotherhithe and launched
HMS_Ajax_(1798)
Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Royal Navy
vessel had the in-work name HMS Ajax, and then HMS Agincourt. In January 2025, the government announced she would be named HMS Achilles. It was reported
HMS_Achilles_(S125)
UK King George V-class battleship
HMS Ajax was the third of four King George V-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. After commissioning in 1913, she
HMS_Ajax_(1912)
1963 Type 12I or Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy
HMS Ajax was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by the famous Cammell Laird company of Birkenhead. Ajax was launched on 16 August
HMS_Ajax_(F114)
Vengeur-class ship of the line
HMS Ajax was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1809, she
HMS_Ajax_(1809)
Town in Ontario, Canada
in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area. The town is named for HMS Ajax, a Royal Navy cruiser that served in the Second World War. It is approximately
Ajax,_Ontario
First naval battle of the Second World War
comprising the light cruisers HMS Ajax, HMNZS Achilles (on loan to the New Zealand Division) and the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter. Graf Spee had sailed into
Battle_of_the_River_Plate
City in Chile
requested from the British Government the help of two British cruisers HMS Ajax (22) and HMS Exeter (68) then visiting the city of Valparaíso to head south to
Talcahuano
Order of battle for World War II battle
damaged HMS Jackal (F22) - Lt.Cmdr. MP Jonas HMS Kipling (F91) - Cmdr. A St Clair-Ford HMS Ajax Sphakia evacuation force - Rear-Admiral King HMS Phoebe
Battle of Crete order of battle
Battle_of_Crete_order_of_battle
USS Achernar (AKA-53) US auxiliary attack cargo HMS Adventure (M23) UK auxiliary support & repair HMS Ajax (22) UK combat vessel light cruiser Took part in
List of Allied vessels involved in Operation Neptune
List_of_Allied_vessels_involved_in_Operation_Neptune
Ships supporting the 1944 Normandy landings
target HMS Ajax (22) Light cruiser Royal Navy Longues-sur-Mer battery HMS Argonaut (61) Light cruiser Royal Navy 105mm battery at Vaux (WN-50) HMS Emerald (D66)
List of ships in Gold Bombardment Group
List_of_ships_in_Gold_Bombardment_Group
Ammunition manufacturer
were built, the homes became part of a new town, which was named Ajax after HMS Ajax (22), a light cruiser of the Royal Navy during World War II. DIL's
Defence_Industries_Limited
British colonial administrator
Governors' residence, on 2 June 1938. On Friday 3 June 1938 the crew of HMS Ajax (22) buried the Jamaican Governor's body at sea at sunset outside the three-mile
Edward_Brandis_Denham
Secret British expedition to the Antarctic during WWII
the Falklands. On 11 February, those serving in the military boarded HMS Ajax (22), and the rest sailed home on Highland Monarch. James Marr at Base A
Operation_Tabarin
Leander-class cruiser
for her part in the Battle of the River Plate in 1939, alongside HMS Ajax and HMS Exeter and notable for being the first Royal Navy cruiser to have fire
HMNZS_Achilles
Destroyer of the Royal Navy
deployed with HMS Janus, HMS Hasty and HMS Hereward as a screen for the cruisers HMS Dido, HMS Orion and HMS Ajax. They formed Force D, and on 22 May they
HMS_Kimberley
Dakar, HMS Fortune she sank the Vichy French submarine Ajax, rescuing 76 of the crew. Gibbs was awarded the first Bar to his DSO in March 1941. HMS Pathfinder
Edward_Albert_Gibbs
County-class cruiser
Islands, thus depriving the force of their strongest unit. Without her, HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles engaged the German raider Admiral Graf Spee in the Battle
HMS_Cumberland_(57)
UK class of light cruisers
the mainland of Normandy during the beach landings. Chile wanted to buy HMS Ajax in 1948–9, but the opposition leader in the UK, Winston Churchill thought
Leander-class_cruiser_(1931)
1940 battle of World War II
naval engagement in the Second World War between the British light cruiser HMS Ajax, three torpedo boats and seven destroyers of the Italian Regia Marina,
Action_off_Cape_Passero
1807 battle of the Anglo-Turkish War
available for the task were HMS Canopus, HMS Standard, HMS Thunderer, HMS Glatton, and the two bomb ships HMS Lucifer and HMS Meteor, under the command
Dardanelles_operation_(1807)
York-class cruiser of the Royal Navy
Uruguay (meeting and exercising with her sister and the light cruiser HMS Ajax), Rio de Janeiro and Ceará in Brazil, Barbados (where the three cruisers
HMS_Exeter_(68)
Royal Navy officer (1764–1814)
Fleet and then the Mediterranean, again with Lord St Vincent. He captained HMS Ajax in the Blockade of Brest and the Battle of Cape Finisterre and then at
William Brown (Royal Navy officer)
William_Brown_(Royal_Navy_officer)
Dumbarton Castle Island-class - HMS Anglesey, HMS Alderney, HMS Jersey, HMS Guernsey, HMS Shetland, HMS Orkney, HMS Lindisfarne Resolution-class – Resolution
List of Royal Navy vessels active in 1981
List_of_Royal_Navy_vessels_active_in_1981
Royal Navy officer
Baird, KCB (14 October 1871 – 22 October 1924) was a Royal Navy officer. From 1916 to 1918, Baird was in command of HMS Ajax and took part in the Battle
George_Henry_Baird
1926. The King George V-class battleships, HMS King George V, HMS Centurion, HMS Audacious, and HMS Ajax, were larger variants of the preceding Orion-class
List of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy
List_of_dreadnought_battleships_of_the_Royal_Navy
Figure from Greek mythology
According to Sophocles' Ajax, after Achilles had fallen in battle, Agamemnon and Menelaus award Achilles' armor to Odysseus. This angers Ajax, who feels he is
Agamemnon
Royal Navy turret ironclad
construction was halted on Inflexible (and two other smaller ships, HMS Ajax and HMS Agamemnon) whilst a hastily convened committee examined the design
HMS_Inflexible_(1876)
British admiral (1832–1893)
Tryon, KCB (4 January 1832 – 22 June 1893) was a Royal Navy officer who died when his flagship HMS Victoria collided with HMS Camperdown during manoeuvres
George_Tryon
1941 Allied naval victory over Italy
British light cruisers HMS Ajax, Gloucester, and Orion, the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth, and the British destroyers HMS Hasty, Hereward, and Ilex
Battle_of_Cape_Matapan
1809 class of British ships of the line
HMS Akbar begun at Prince of Wales Island, Malaya and HMS Augusta at Portsmouth - were cancelled in 1809, while another two projected in 1807 - HMS Julius
Vengeur-class ship of the line
Vengeur-class_ship_of_the_line
Lead ship of British York-class
on 13 October after the destroyer's engagement with the light cruiser HMS Ajax the previous evening. A month later York and the Mediterranean Fleet executed
HMS_York_(90)
Aerial and naval battle during the Falklands War
force: HMS Antrim (D18), HMS Coventry (D118), HMS Broadsword (F88), HMS Brilliant (F90), HMS Ardent (F184), HMS Antelope (F170), HMS Argonaut (F56), HMS Plymouth (F126)
Battle_of_San_Carlos_(1982)
Cargo ship that was converted into a minelayer and amenities ship
HMS Menestheus was originally the Blue Funnel Line refrigerated cargo ship Menestheus. She was built in 1929, and traded between the UK and the Far East
HMS_Menestheus
Cruiser of the Royal Navy
HMS Sussex was one of the London sub-class of the County-class heavy cruisers in the Royal Navy. She was laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company
HMS_Sussex_(96)
Cargo ship that was converted into an auxiliary minelayer
HMS Agamemnon was originally the Blue Funnel Line refrigerated cargo ship Agamemnon. She was built in 1929, traded between the United Kingdom and the
HMS_Agamemnon_(M10)
Greek mythological hero
became famous for its part in the Battle of the River Plate, alongside HMS Ajax and HMS Exeter. In addition to earning the battle honour 'River Plate', HMNZS
Achilles
British ocean liner, later armed merchant cruiser
armed merchant cruiser, pennant F56 during World War II. On 10 August 1940, HMS Transylvania was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-56. Transylvania
RMS_Transylvania
Naval action in World War II
Gloucester and HMS Orion of the 7th Cruiser Squadron (Vice-Admiral Henry Pridham-Wippell) to be joined by Ajax and Sydney. The 13 destroyers HMS Nubian from
Action in the Strait of Otranto
Action_in_the_Strait_of_Otranto
Fiji-class cruiser
34°35′N 23°10′E / 34.58°N 23.17°E / 34.58; 23.17 HMS Fiji was the lead ship of her class of 11 light cruisers built for the Royal Navy shortly before
HMS_Fiji
Frigate of the Royal Navy
HMS Boreas was a Laurel-class 22-gun post ship launched in 1806. She was wrecked off Guernsey in the Channel Islands on 28 November 1807 with the loss
HMS_Boreas_(1806)
into a dummy of the battleship HMS Ajax, as which she operated from northwest Scotland. In 1916 she was converted into HMS Princess, a real Royal Navy armed
SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie (1905)
SS_Kronprinzessin_Cecilie_(1905)
King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy
3°33′36″N 104°28′42″E / 3.56000°N 104.47833°E / 3.56000; 104.47833 HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that
HMS_Prince_of_Wales_(53)
1913 Passenger-cargo ship
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Greenock. She was launched on 22 March 1913 and was completed on 13 July 1913. In World War I Andania transported
RMS_Andania_(1913)
British Royal Navy Admiral (1836–1902)
St George (CMG). In 1885 he was in command of the ironclad battleship HMS Ajax. He was promoted to flag rank as a rear-admiral on 1 January 1888, and
Edward_Stanley_Adeane
Fiji-class cruiser
to play the cruiser HMS Exeter in the film Battle of the River Plate, in company with her wartime partner HMS Sheffield as HMS Ajax. In 1956 the ship participated
HMS_Jamaica_(44)
Royal Navy ship of the line
HMS Blenheim was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 5 July 1761 at Woolwich. In 1797 she
HMS_Blenheim_(1761)
role as HMS Corfu until February 1944, and as a troop transport from then until the end of World War II. On 10 July 1940 she collided with HMS Hermes in
RMS_Corfu
(Ikara Group): Aurora, Euryalus, Galatea, Arethusa, Naiad, Dido, Leander, & Ajax. Batch 2 (Exocet Group): Cleopatra, Sirius, Phoebe, Minerva, Danae, Juno
List of Royal Navy vessels active in 1982
List_of_Royal_Navy_vessels_active_in_1982
Dutch footballer (born 1981)
youth system at the age of seven – having signed from amateurs HMS. His debut came on 22 August 2001 in a 3–2 home win against FC Den Bosch, and he went
Jürgen_Colin
Submarine serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I
Atlantic. On her first mission, U-75 laid the mine that sank the cruiser HMS Hampshire during her voyage to Russia carrying British Secretary of State
SM_U-75
1916 Revenge-class battleship of the Royal Navy
HMS Resolution (pennant number: 09) was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in December
HMS_Resolution_(09)
Steamboat
Sworn protest at the November 19, 1861 destruction of his ship, November 22, 1861". House Divided, The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College
CSS_Nashville_(1853)
Ship used to provide maintenance support to warships and other vessels
wartime needs: HMS Adventure HMS Alaunia (F15) HMAS Albatross HMS Artifex RMS Ausonia HMS Deer Sound HMS Kelantan (F166) SS Ranpura HMS San Giorgio (formerly
Repair_ship
relations with Uruguay. Germany protested that Uruguay had given safe harbour to HMS Carnarvon Castle after it was attacked by a German raider. The ship was repaired
Uruguay_during_World_War_II
Italian passenger steamship
built a pair of passenger ships for Lloyd Italiano. Florida was launched on 22 June 1905, and completed that September. Florida's registered length was 381
SS_Florida_(1905)
Captain M.E. Barrow HMS Antrim - hit by unexploded bomb from an IAI Dagger - Major Damage Captain B.G. Young Type 22 frigates HMS Brilliant - hit by IAI
Falklands War order of battle: British naval forces
Falklands_War_order_of_battle:_British_naval_forces
Ship of the line (1815–1948) of the Royal Navy
HMS Wellesley was a 74-gun third rate, named after the Duke of Wellington, and launched in 1815. She captured Karachi for the British, and participated
HMS_Wellesley_(1815)
Cruiser of the Royal Navy
November she deployed with Force B, including the cruisers HMS Ajax, HMS Galatea, HMS Naiad and HMS Neptune, to search for convoys on passage to Benghazi.
HMS_Euryalus_(42)
Class of British heavy cruisers
of this class, though in the end only two were constructed—HMS York, started in 1927, and HMS Exeter, started in 1928. Exeter differed in appearance from
York-class_cruiser
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm
aboard the Leander-class light cruisers HMS Apollo and HMS Ajax and the York-class heavy cruisers HMS Exeter and HMS York. The unit began to re-equip with
718_Naval_Air_Squadron
Cavalry regiment of the British Army
July 2022. "IAV 2025: British Army's Ajax AFV to reach IOC by end of 2025". Default. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025. "Transforming the British
Royal_Lancers
1982 combat service support operations
it still possessed the aircraft carriers HMS Hermes and Invincible, the landing platform dock (LPD) ships HMS Fearless and Intrepid, and six landing ship
British logistics in the Falklands War
British_logistics_in_the_Falklands_War
Italian ocean liner that sank in 1956
attempting to stop. Andrea Doria, remaining at her cruising speed of almost 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) engaged in a hard turn to port (left), her captain
SS_Andrea_Doria
British ship
following the loss of HMS Jersey to a mine and the subsequent clearance of her wreck, the flotilla left Malta and joined Ajax, Dido, Orion and Perth
HMS_Kelly
Royal Navy officer and politician (1758–1832)
French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812. He captained HMS Ajax off Alexandria, Egypt during the French invasion of Egypt and Syria. Cochrane
Alexander_Cochrane
Greek protected cruiser in service from 1914 until sunk in 1940
Shipwrecks 1 Aug: HMS Oswald, HMS Spearfish 3 Aug: U-25 7 Aug: Mohamed Ali El-Kebir 8 Aug: Ajax, Empire Crusader, Ouse 10 Aug: HMS Transylvania 15 Aug:
Greek_cruiser_Elli_(1912)
then continued to Egypt with a fresh escort: the Acheron-class destroyer HMS Attack plus two Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers. The convoy weathered a
HMT_Aragon
Axis invasion of Crete during World War II
carrier HMS Formidable, the battleships HMS Warspite and HMS Barham, the cruisers HMS Ajax, HMS Dido, HMS Orion, and HMAS Perth, the submarine HMS Rover
Battle_of_Crete
into a self-contained community which was named after the British warship HMS Ajax. After the plant shut down in 1945, its site was used as a war surplus
History_of_Ajax,_Ontario
1780 naval battle
Captain J. Bourmaster HMS Alcide (74) Captain J. Brisbane HMS Ajax (74) Captain S. Uvedale HMS Bedford (74) Captain Edmund Affleck HMS Culloden (74) Captain
Action_of_8_January_1780
register tons (GRT). On 17 February 1917, she torpedoed the British Q-ship HMS Farnborough off the Irish coast, but was sunk at 51°34′N 11°23′W / 51.567°N
SM_U-83
Submarine of the Royal Navy
HMS Oswald was an Odin-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during the 1920s. She was laid down by Vickers-Armstrongs at Barrow-in-Furness on 30 May
HMS_Oswald
Naval battle between British and French fleets
north of Cuddalore after the battle, while Hughes anchored near the city. On 22 June, Hughes sighted the French fleet while he was en route to Madras; a number
Battle_of_Cuddalore_(1783)
Union gunboat and ram
arrived at Algiers, Louisiana, on July 20, 1865, and was decommissioned on July 22, 1865. She was sold at New Orleans, Louisiana on March 28, 1866. Wikimedia
USS_Choctaw_(1856)
German-built cargo ship sunk in 1917
500 tons of general cargo to Melbourne and Sydney, reaching the latter on 22 December. On 13 January 1892 she left Sydney on her return voyage to Hamburg
SS_Georgia_(1890)
1886 Colossus-class ironclad battleship
The fourth HMS Colossus was a Colossus class second-class British battleship, launched in 1882 and commissioned in 1886. She had a displacement of 9,520
HMS_Colossus_(1882)
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
HMS Orion was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy, launched at Deptford on 1 June 1787 to the design of the Canada class, by
HMS_Orion_(1787)
Royal Navy Admiral (1763–1845)
other two captains, William Brown and William Lechmere commanding HMS Ajax and HMS Thunderer missed the battle whilst in England. At the Battle of Trafalgar
Philip_Charles_Durham
American Tucker-class destroyer
their destination. The group was relieved to find that the British sloop HMS Camellia had found and taken aboard most of the survivors earlier that morning;
USS_Jacob_Jones_(DD-61)
King George V-class battleship
HMS Centurion was the second of four King George V-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. She spent the bulk of her
HMS_Centurion_(1911)
Sloop of the Royal Navy
The first HMS Dauntless was a sixth-rate Combatant-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1804 and the French captured her in 1807 at Danzig
HMS_Dauntless_(1804)
2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012. "Mariposa Is Wrecked". Wrangell Sentinel. 22 November 1917. p. 2. "Alaska Steamship Company". theshipslist.com. 2012. Retrieved
SS_Mariposa_(1883)
heavy cruiser HMS Cumberland, which had been self-refitting in the Falkland Islands at the time of the battle, steamed to join HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles at
History of the Falkland Islands
History_of_the_Falkland_Islands
Resort town in La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic
HMS A1 HMS A3 USS Aaron Ward Abessinia USS Accokeek HMAS Adelaide Admiral Sampson Adolphus Busch Aeolian Sky USS Aeolus Agat World War II Amtrac Ajax
Punta_Cana
German World War II submarine
Shipwrecks 1 Aug: HMS Oswald, HMS Spearfish 3 Aug: U-25 7 Aug: Mohamed Ali El-Kebir 8 Aug: Ajax, Empire Crusader, Ouse 10 Aug: HMS Transylvania 15 Aug:
German_submarine_U-25_(1936)
Armoured regiment of the British Army
regiment's reconnaissance troop (known as recce troop) will be equipped with Ajax armoured fighting vehicles. The regiment wears crimson trousers when in full
King's_Royal_Hussars
HMS Osmanieh was a passenger and cargo ship that entered service in 1906. In 1916, the ship was requisitioned as a troopship and supply ship for the British
HMS_Osmanieh_(1906)
WWII battle in French West Africa (1940)
send a task force to Dakar: an aircraft carrier (HMS Ark Royal), two battleships (HMS Resolution and HMS Barham), five cruisers, ten destroyers, and several
Battle_of_Dakar
A-class destroyer
HMS Acasta was one of eight A-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1920s. The ship spent most of the 1930s assigned to the Mediterranean
HMS_Acasta_(H09)
was one of HMS Boreas, HMS Duncan, HMS Highlander or HMS Velox. ^ Force D comprised HMS Ajax, HMS Dido, HMS Hasty, HMS Hereward, HMS Janus, HMS Kimberley
List of shipwrecks in May 1941
List_of_shipwrecks_in_May_1941
"Indy" – USS Independence "Iron Duck" – HMS Iron Duke "Fighting I" – USS Intrepid "Ichiban Benjo Maru" – USS Ajax (AR-6); due to an outbreak of bacillary
List_of_warships_by_nickname
Gloucester-class cruiser
HMS Gloucester was one of the second batch of three Town-class light cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the late 1930s. Commissioned shortly before
HMS_Gloucester_(62)
Steamboat
cylinders on an 11 foot (3.4 m) stroke, giving a maximum speed of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). She had a complement of 60 officers and men. As a privateer
CSS_Ivy
British fishing boat
Regular Royal Navy Gunner Ernest Martin Jehan and three other gunners from HMS Dryad—a former torpedo boat operating as a minesweeper from Lowestoft—were
HM_Armed_Smack_Inverlyon
Passenger and cargo vessel
HMS Mendi 22 Feb: Ajax 23 Feb: UC-32 25 Feb: Laconia Other incidents 1 Feb: Argyllshire 6 Feb: Tyndareus 8 Feb: Mantola 17 Feb: HMS Farnborough 18 Feb:
SS_Lincoln_(1883)
H-class destroyer
HMS Hostile (H55) was an H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the 1930s. She was the first and so far only Royal Navy ship to bear the name Hostile
HMS_Hostile
Olympic-class ocean liner
and was received by several other ships in the area, among them HMS Scourge and HMS Heroic, but Britannic heard nothing in reply. Unknown to either Bartlett
HMHS_Britannic
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