HMS Ajax (F114)
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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 |
| 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 |
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.
Ajax was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead. She was laid down, with the yard number 1285, as a Rothesay-class frigate to be called Fowley on 19 October 1959, but in 1960 it was decided to complete the ship as one of the new Leander class, with the new name Ajax.Ajax was launched on 16 August 1962 and was commissioned on 11 December 1963. Total construction cost was £4,800,000
The ship was 372 feet (113.4 m) long overall and 360 feet (109.7 m) at the waterline, with a beam of 41 feet (12.5 m) and a maximum draught of 18 feet (5.5 m). Displacement was 2,380 long tons (2,420 t) standard and 2,860 long tons (2,910 t) full load. Two oil-fired boilers fed steam at 550 pounds per square inch (3,800 kPa) and 850 °F (454 °C) to a pair of double reduction geared steam turbines that in turn drove two propeller shafts, with the machinery rated at 30,000 shaft horsepower (22,000 kW), giving a speed of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph).
A twin 4.5-inch (114 mm) Mark 6 gun mount was fitted forward. While the Leander class was planned to be fitted with the Sea Cat surface-to-air missile, Ajax was completed with two Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns as a temporary substitute until Sea Cat could be fitted. A Limbo anti-submarine mortar was fitted aft to provide a short-range anti-submarine capability, while a hangar and helicopter deck allowed a single Westland Wasp helicopter to be operated, for longer range anti-submarine and anti-surface operations.
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