HMS Ajax (1765)
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HMS Ajax, launched in 1767 at Portsmouth dockyard, was a third rate 74-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy.
She saw extensive action in the War of American Independence, taking part in the Battles of Cape St. Vincent, the Chesapeake, St. Kitts and the Saintes.
She was sold in 1785.
See HMS Ajax for other ships of this name.
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