HMXMS Ajax, 64
Nationality | Bought | |
Formerly | Maréchal de Broglie | |
Ordered | | |
Started | 1757 | b086 |
Named | 1757 | b086 |
Launched | 1758 | b086 |
Purchased | 1778 | b086 |
Shipyard | Lorient | b086 |
Plans | | |
Constructor | | |
Decks | 2 | |
Rate | 4th Rates | |
Class | | |
System | | |
Crew | 500 | |
In Service | 1778 | b086 |
Out Service | 1794 | ? |
Fate | ?? | |
Units | Length | Keel | Beam | Depth | Draught | Weight | Displacement | Source |
French ft. | l (m.) | k (m.) | b (m.) | d (m.) | d (m.) | w (Tn.) | D (Tn.) | |
Guns | Date | # | lbs | # | lbs | # | lbs | # | lbs | Fires | Source |
64 | 1765 | LGD | lbs | MGD | lbs | UGD | lbs | C+FC | lbs | lbs (Kg.) | |
Commanders
1782-00-00 | 1782-07-18 | Capitaine de vaisseau, de Bouvet.1 | b085 |
1782-07-18 | 1783-00-00 | Lieutenant de vaisseau, de Beaumont. | b085 |
1783-00-00 | 1783-06-12 | Capitaine de vaisseau, Dupas de la Mancelière. † | b085 |
Service Record
yyyy-mmm-dd | Place, action, destination, mission, battle... | source/s |
Notes
Former Indiaman ship "Maréchal de Broglie", bought by the French navy in 1778.
1 Monsieur de Bouvet, sick, asked to be replaced.
† Killed during the 2nd Battle of Cuddalore
Sources
b085 | "Journal de bord du Bailli de Suffren dans l'Inde" |
b086 | Jacques Vichot, "Répertoire des navires de guerre français" |
s02 | "Histoire des événements des guerres maritimes entre la France et l'Angleterre depuis 1778 jusqu'en 1796, an 4 de la République." |
s04 | Kerguelen |
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