Ajax-class ironclad
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The Ajax class, also known as the Agamemnon class was a class of ironclad battleships that served in the Royal Navy during the Victorian era. The class consisted of two ships, HMS Ajax and HMS Agamemnon that had a turret-mounted main armament. They were the first ships in the Royal Navy to be fitted with a secondary armament and the last to be armed with muzzle-loading rifles. They were hard to control due to their wide beam, shallow draught and flat bottom, and were heavily criticised in service. Launched in 1879, Agamemnon grounded in the Suez Canal while transiting in 1884 and, in 1889, participated in the Royal Navy blockade of the Sultanate of Zanzibar in the fight against the Indian Ocean slave trade. Ajax remained in the UK to serve as a coastguard ship in Greenock and collided with the battleship Devastation off the coast of the Isle of Portland in 1887. They were sold to be broken up in 1903 and 1904 respectively.
1880
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length 91.7 metre, draft 7.2 metre, beam 20 metre,
Chatham Dockyard, Royal Navy, Pembroke Dockyard, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
F B, HMS Agamemnon, HMS Ajax,
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HMS Agamemnon ⓘ
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HMS Ajax ⓘ
1880 Ajax-class ironclad
AjaxBrasseysDrawing| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| link | page | Dreadnought Project page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | The Victorian Royal Navy page@ | Wikidata | ||
| object | watercraft | 1879 | HMS Agamemnon | ironclad warship, Ajax-class ironclad | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1880 | HMS Ajax | ironclad warship, Ajax-class ironclad | Wikidata |
| commons | image | AjaxBrasseysDrawing | Commons | ||
