HMS Ajax (1934)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Ajax
- Launch Year
- 1934
- Type
- Cruiser
- Class
- Leander-class cruiser
- Pennant Number
- 22
- Launched
- 1934
- Built at
- Vickers-Armstrong
- Commissioned
- 1935
- Armament
- 8 × 6-inch guns
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines
- Role
- Light cruiser
- Notable for
- Battle of the River Plate
- Fate
- Scrapped in 1949
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Ajax fought in the Battle of the River Plate.