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
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:Builder: Perry,
Blackwall Yard
Blackwall Yard is a small body of water that used to be a shipyard on the River Thames in Blackwall, engaged in ship building and later ship repairs for over 350 years. The yard closed in 1987.
History
East India Company
Blackwall was a sh ...
:Ordered: 10 June 1795
:Launched: 17 January 1798
:Fate: Broken up, 1881
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:Builder:
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Places
United States
*Randall, California, former name of White Hall, California, an unincorporated community
* Randall, Indiana, a former town
*Randall, Iowa, a city
*Randall, Kansas, a city
*Randall, Minnesot ...
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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
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