HMS Ajax

E52191
Leander-class light cruiser Royal Navy cruiser

HMS Ajax was a British Leander-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that gained fame for its role in early World War II naval actions, particularly in the South Atlantic.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
HMS Ajax canonical 15
Ajax (Royal Navy cruiser) 1
British cruiser Ajax 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Leander-class light cruiser ⓘ
Royal Navy cruiser ⓘ
aircraftCarried seaplanes with catapult (early war) ⓘ
armamentPrimary 8 × 6-inch (152 mm) guns in four twin turrets ⓘ
armamentSecondary 4 × 4-inch (102 mm) guns ⓘ
armamentTorpedoes 8 × 21-inch torpedo tubes ⓘ
battleHonour Aegean 1943–44 ⓘ
Atlantic 1939–40 ⓘ
Crete 1941 ⓘ
Battle of Malta ⓘ
surface form: Malta Convoys 1941

Mediterranean 1940–43 ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy 1944

River Plate 1939 ⓘ
Italy 1943–45 ⓘ
surface form: Salerno 1943

Sicily 1943 ⓘ
beam 56 feet ⓘ
builder Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ
surface form: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
class Leander class ⓘ
commandingOfficerAtRiverPlate Captain Charles Henry Woodhouse ⓘ
commissioned 3 June 1935 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crewComplement approximately 570 ⓘ
dateOfBattleOfTheRiverPlate 13 December 1939 ⓘ
decommissioned post-Second World War ⓘ
displacementFullLoad approximately 9,740 long tons ⓘ
displacementStandard approximately 7,000 long tons ⓘ
draught 19 feet ⓘ
fate sold for scrap ⓘ
laidDown 7 February 1933 ⓘ
launched 1 March 1934 ⓘ
lengthOverall 554 feet ⓘ
maximumSpeed 32.5 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Ajax (mythological Greek hero) ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of the River Plate ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
opponentInBattleOfTheRiverPlate Admiral Graf Spee ⓘ
surface form: German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee
pennantNumber 22 ⓘ
powerOutput 72,000 shaft horsepower ⓘ
propulsion 4 shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
refit underwent wartime refits including enhanced anti-aircraft armament ⓘ
roleAtNormandy naval gunfire support for Allied landings ⓘ
scrapped 1949 ⓘ
scrappedAt Inverkeithing ⓘ
surface form: Inverkeithing, Scotland
serviceEntryPeriod interwar period ⓘ
squadronAtRiverPlate South American Division of the Royal Navy ⓘ
sustainedDamage damaged in Battle of the River Plate ⓘ
theatre Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
North Atlantic area ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic

South Atlantic ⓘ

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Subject: HMS Ajax
Description of subject: HMS Ajax was a British Leander-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that gained fame for its role in early World War II naval actions, particularly in the South Atlantic.

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the River Plate → combatantShip → HMS Ajax ⓘ
Battle of the River Plate → combatantShip → HMS Ajax ⓘ
this entity surface form: HMNZS Achilles
Battle of the River Plate → shipDamaged → HMS Ajax ⓘ
Admiral Graf Spee → opponentsAtRiverPlate → HMS Ajax ⓘ
Ajax, Ontario → namedAfter → HMS Ajax ⓘ
La batalla del Río de la Plata → mainCombatant → HMS Ajax ⓘ
subject surface form: Batalla del Río de la Plata
this entity surface form: crucero ligero HMS Ajax
La batalla del Río de la Plata → hasParticipant → HMS Ajax ⓘ
subject surface form: Batalla del Río de la Plata
Henry Harwood → commanded → HMS Ajax ⓘ
Commodore Henry Harwood’s Force G → flagship → HMS Ajax ⓘ
Commodore Henry Harwood’s Force G → includedShip → HMS Ajax ⓘ
Battle of Cape Matapan → AlliedShip → HMS Ajax ⓘ
this entity surface form: British cruiser Ajax
Ajax → namedAfter → HMS Ajax ⓘ
Ajax → namedAfter → HMS Ajax ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ajax (Royal Navy cruiser)
New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy → notableShip → HMS Ajax ⓘ
this entity surface form: HMS Leander
Leander class → ship → HMS Ajax ⓘ
Captain Charles Henry Woodhouse → commanded → HMS Ajax ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Henry Woodhouse
Captain Charles Henry Woodhouse → militaryUnit → HMS Ajax ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Henry Woodhouse
River Plate 1939 → involvedShip → HMS Ajax ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of the River Plate
South Atlantic Station → associatedWithShip → HMS Ajax ⓘ
Matapan 1941 → involvedShip → HMS Ajax ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Cape Matapan