Name Ajax Builder Lorient Decommissioned 1815 Launched 17 June 1806 | Namesake Ajax Laid down 23 November 1804 Construction started 23 November 1804 Weight 2,966 tons | |
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Class and type Téméraire-class ship of the line | ||
Ajax was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
Career
Ajax was built at Rochefort along the lines of the Téméraire type designed by Jacques-Noël Sané, but with modifications brought by Engineers Rigault and Filhol; she is sometimes listed as a "82-gun ship".
Commissioned under Captain Jean-Nicolas Petit, she replaced Jemmapes in Zacharie Allemand's squadron. In 1808, she transferred to Toulon, where she became an artillery hulk in 1815.
Renamed Patiente in 1816, she became a prison hulk in 1818.
References
French ship Ajax (1806) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA