HMS Ajax (22)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ajax.
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 Plate, the Battle of Crete, the Battle of Malta and as a supply escort in the siege of Tobruk. This ship was the eighth in the Royal Navy to bear the name. In February 1942, she was adopted by the civil community of Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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Name | HMS Ajax |
Builder | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 7 February 1933 |
Launched | 1 March 1934 |
Commissioned | 3 June 1935[1] |
Recommissioned | 11 January 1938 |
Decommissioned | February 1948 |
Identification | Pennant number: 22 |
Motto | Nec Quisquam Nisi Ajax (Latin: "None but Ajax [can overcome Ajax]")[2] |
Fate | Scrapped in 1949 |
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Class and type | Leander-class light cruiser |
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Length | 554.9 ft (169.1 m) |
Beam | 56 ft (17 m) |
Draught | 19.1 ft (5.8 m) |
Installed power | 72,000 shaft horsepower (54,000 kW) |
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Speed | 32.5 knots (60 km/h) |
Range | 5,730 nmi (10,610 km; 6,590 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
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Aircraft carried | One catapult-launched Fairey Seafox, replaced by a Supermarine Walrus |
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