AJAX

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

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Ship Class

King George V

Grouping

2nd Battle Squadron

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

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Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

27.02.1911

Launch Date

21.03.1912

Completed date

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Commission date

31.10.2013

Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

Entering Grand Harbour 1920

Related stories

At the start of 1916, a dummy merchantman (HMS Princess), made up to look like Ajax, as was used for added AS protection. The super-firing turrets (B and X) seriously affected the lower turret crews (B and Y).

Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

sold for scrap Nov 1926

Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain George H. Baird

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

900

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

23,400

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

598

Length (mtrs)

182

Beam (ft)

89

Beam (mtrs)

27

Draught (ft)

27.5

Draught (mtrs)

8.4

Max. Speed (knots)

21.5

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

Parsons with 4 shafts. 18 Babcock and Wilcox boilers in 3 boiler rooms. 27,000 shp.

Armour Main Belt

12" 305mm

Deck Armour

3 decks - top 1.5", middle 1", lower 3-4"

Turret Armour IN CM

Faces 11" (279), sides 4"(102), roof 3"(76)

Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

Dreyer Mk 11

Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

13.5"Mk V guns (342.9 mm)

No. Primary Turrets

5

Guns (No.barrels)

10

Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

1,400

Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

BL 4" MkVII guns (101.6 mm)

Guns (No.barrels) 2

16

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

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Elevation (degrees)

20 max. ABXY arcs 300 deg.

Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

2

Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21" Whitehead

No. tubes

3

Torpedo Type MM

533 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

one on each beam, one astern.

References & sources

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