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The ''Ajax''-class
ships of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colum ...
were a class of two 74-gun third rates of the Royal Navy. They were grouped in with the large class of 74s, as they carried 24-pounders on their upper gun decks, rather than the 18-pounders of the middling and common class 74s. The design of the ''Ajax'' class was a lengthened (by ) version of the , the lines of which were taken from the French , captured in 1747.


Ships

* :Builder: Perry,
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:Ordered: 10 June 1795 :Launched: 17 January 1798 :Fate: Broken up, 1881 * :Builder:
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, Rotherhithe :Ordered: 10 June 1795 :Launched: 3 March 1798 :Fate: Accidentally burnt, 1807


References

*Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. . Ship of the line classes Ship classes of the Royal Navy {{UK-line-ship-stub