French ship Ajax (1806)

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Ajax (1806), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name: Ajax
Namesake: Ajax
Builder: Lorient[1]
Laid down: 23 November 1804 [1]
Launched: 17 June 1806 [1]
Decommissioned: 1815 [1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement:
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length: 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam: 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught: 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion: Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament:
Armour: Timber

Ajax was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career

Ajax was built at Rochefort along the lines of the Téméraire type designed by Jacques-Noël Sané, but with modifications brought by Engineers Rigault and Filhol; she is sometimes listed as a "82-gun ship". [1]

Commissioned under Captain Jean-Nicolas Petit, she replaced Jemmapes in Zacharie Allemand's squadron. In 1808, she transferred to Toulon, where she became an artillery hulk in 1815. [1]

Renamed Patiente in 1816, she became a prison hulk in 1818. [1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes
    Citations
    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roche, vol.1, p.29
    2. ↑ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
    References
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