Ajax (Ajax Class)


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Laid down 1879
Launched 1880
Completed N/A
Commissioned 1883
Fate Sold for scrapping:
1903
Builders HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
United Kingdom
Complement 405
Dimensions
Displacement 8660 tons std
10660 tons max
Dimensions 300' x 66'
Draught 24'
Armament
Main guns 4 x 12.5" MLR (2 x 2)
Secondary guns 2 x 6" BLR (2 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 2 x 14"
Other weapons 6 x 6pdr (6 x 1)
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 15" iron on 12" teak
Deck: 3"
Turrets: 16"
C.T.: 18" iron on 18" teak
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar None
ECM None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines Cylindrical 60psi boilers
Compound engines
Power output 4500ihp
Speed 13kts
Shafts 2
Range N/A
Fuel 960 tons coal

Last altered : 29th June 1999

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