HMS Ajax (F114)
1963 Type 12I or Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ajax.
HMS Ajax was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by the famous Cammell Laird company of Birkenhead. Ajax was launched on 16 August 1962 and commissioned on 10 December 1963. She was originally intended to be named HMS Fowey, and laid down as a Rothesay class, but instead became part of Batch 1 of the Leander class.
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Name | HMS Ajax |
Builder | Cammell Laird |
Laid down | 12 October 1959 |
Launched | 16 August 1962 |
Commissioned | 10 December 1963 |
Decommissioned | 31 May 1985 |
Identification | Pennant number: F114 |
Nickname(s) | White tornado[citation needed] |
Fate | Scrapped 1988 |
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Class and type | Leander-class frigate |
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Length | 372 ft (113 m) |
Beam | 41 ft (12 m) |
Draught | 18 ft (5 m) |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Range | 5,300 nmi (9,800 km; 6,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 251 as built, 257 after Ikara refit |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Wasp helicopter |
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