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|name=Ajax
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|launch=1 Mar, 1934{{Conways1922|p. 30}}
|launch=1 Mar, 1934{{Conways1922|p. 30}}
|builder=[[Vickers-Armstrong]], Barrow{{Conways1922|p. 30}}
|builder=[[Vickers-Armstrongs]], Barrow{{Conways1922|p. 30}}
|laid=7 Feb, 1933{{Conways1922|p. 30}}
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Ajax''''' was one of five [[Leander Class Cruiser (1931)|''Leander'' Class light cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Ajax''''' was one of five [[Leander Class Cruiser (1931)|''Leander'' Class light cruisers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].


==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 May, 1935 under the command of [[Colin Sinclair Thomson]].{{NLJul37|p. 214}}
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 May, 1935 under the command of [[Colin Sinclair Thomson]].{{NLJul37|p. 214}}
Commissioned at Portsmouth on 11 January, 1938 under the continued command of [[Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse|Charles H. L. Woodhouse]].{{NLMay39|p. 255}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Ajax''" nat=UK>
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Ajax''" nat=UK>
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=16 December, 1934<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>|end=9 October, 1937<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=16 December, 1934<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>|end=9 October, 1937<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Clayton Woodhouse|nick=Frederick C. Woodhouse|appt=9 October, 1937{{NLMay39|p. 254}}|end=April, 1940{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse|nick=Charles H. L. Woodhouse|appt=9 October, 1937{{NLMay39|p. 254}}|end=22 April, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4002}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Desmond Bewley McCarthy|nick=Edward D. B. McCarthy|appt=April, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|end=November, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Desmond Bewley McCarthy|nick=Edward D. B. McCarthy|appt=22 April, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4002}}|end=27 November, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4002}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stuart Latham Bateson|nick=Stuart L. Bateson|appt=November, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=mid 1942{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stuart Latham Bateson|nick=Stuart L. Bateson|appt=27 November, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4002}}|end=26 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4002}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Joseph Weld|nick=James J. Weld|appt=September, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|end=September, 1944{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ralph Heathcote|nick=Ralph Heathcote|appt=26 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4002}}|end=2 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4002}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Wilson Cuthbert|nick=John W. Cuthbert|appt=September, 1944{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1946{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Graham Stewart|nick=Richard G. Stewart|appt=2 July, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4002}}|end=19 September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4002}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Joseph Weld|nick=James J. Weld|appt=19 September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4002}}|end=16 September, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4002}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Wilson Cuthbert|nick=John W. Cuthbert|appt=16 September, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4002}}|end=19 March, 1946{{UBAllyWarship|4002}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stanley Brian de Courcy-Ireland|nick=Stanley B. de Courcy-Ireland|appt=March, 1946{{MackieRNW}}|end=1948{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stanley Brian de Courcy-Ireland|nick=Stanley B. de Courcy-Ireland|appt=March, 1946{{MackieRNW}}|end=1948{{MackieRNW}}}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ajax_(22)}}
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Latest revision as of 14:57, 26 February 2021

H.M.S. Ajax (1934)
Pendant Number: 22
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow[1]
Laid down: 7 Feb, 1933[2]
Launched: 1 Mar, 1934[3]
Completed: 12 Apr, 1935[4]
Broken up: 1949

H.M.S. Ajax was one of five Leander Class light cruisers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 May, 1935 under the command of Colin Sinclair Thomson.[5]

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 11 January, 1938 under the continued command of Charles H. L. Woodhouse.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 30.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 255.
  7. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  8. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 254.
  10. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  11. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  14. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  19. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  20. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  21. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


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