HMS Ajax (1798)

	Watercolour of HMS Ajax, in the collections of the National Maritime Museum; no artist or date given
History
Name	HMS Ajax
Ordered	30 April 1795
Builder	Randall, Rotherhithe
Laid down	September 1795
Launched	3 March 1798
Commissioned	June 1798
Honours and; awards	Finisterre; Naval General Service Medal with clasps:; "Egypt"; Trafalgar;
Fate	Accidentally burnt, 14 February 1807
General characteristics
Class and type	Ajax-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,94346⁄94 (bm)
Length	182 ft 5 in (55.6 m) (gundeck); 149 ft 10+5⁄8 in (45.7 m) (keel);
Beam	49 ft 6 in (15.1 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft 3 in (6.5 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns; Upper gundeck: 30 × 24-pounder guns; QD: 12 × 9-pounder guns; Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns;

HMS Ajax was an Ajax-class 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy. She was built by John Randall & Co of Rotherhithe and launched on the Thames on 3 March 1798. Ajax participated in the Egyptian operation of 1801, the Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1805 and the Battle of Trafalgar, before she was lost to a disastrous fire in 1807 during the Dardanelles Operation.

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