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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Ajax'' (1912)|fate2=Scrapped |comm=31 Oct, 1913 |fatedate=9 Nov, 1926{{DittColl|p. 33}} |order=1910 Programme{{Conways1906|p. 30}} |name=Ajax |launch=21 Mar, 1912{{DittColl|p. 33}} |builder=[[Scott]], Greenock{{Conways1906|p. 30}} |laid=27 Feb, 1911{{Conways1906|p. 30}} |fate=Sold |pend=40 (1914)<br>05 (Jan 1918)<br>46 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 33}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> ==Alterations== ''Ajax'' was one of the first ships fitted with a director, receiving hers in 1913 after she was listed in that year's [[British Adoption of the Director#Early Orders|twelve ship order]].{{FCHMShips|pp. 9-10}} Her director was certainly fitted after ''King George V'' received hers, and to much the same design.<ref>Letter in D'Eyncourt Papers at the National Maritime Museum's Caird Library, DEY/27</ref> In October 1914, the ship was to be given 7 Pattern 1582 Electric Radiators to warm cabins whose stoves could not be used for heating them.{{AWO1914|512 of 16 Oct, 1914}} By the end of 1915, and probably during 1915, she received one of the first three sets of [[Walker's Instruments]], presumably for trial.{{ARTS1915|p. 60}} In 1916 or soon thereafter, she would have received [[Evershed Bearing Indicator]]s for her main battery, as approved in 1916.{{ARTS1916|p. 145}} Between late 1915 and mid 1917, she was fitted with a [[Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II]] in the {{TCT}}.{{HTC1916|p. 38}}{{ARTS1915|p. 60}} ===Rangefinders=== When in 1918 it was desired to give each capital ship possible an additional effective 9-foot rangefinder to support torpedo control, ''Ajax'' proposed one centrally on the fore bridge.{{ARTS1918|p. 177}} ===Telescopes=== In September 1914, the ship was to be sent eight 3/9 power telescopes and to return the same number of 2.5 power scopes, Pattern G. 329 upon receipt. These were likely to serve as trainer telescopes. Constrained supplies meant that 26% of the scopes actually supplied her may have wound up being 5/12 or 5/21 scopes.{{AWO1914|408 of 25 Sep, 1914}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt title="Captain of {{UK-Ajax|f=p}}"> * {{CaptRN}} [[Arthur John Henniker-Hughan, Sixth Baronet|Sir Arthur J. Henniker-Hughan]], 3 April, 1913,<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914). p. 270.</ref> in command at start of war.{{UKNavalOpsI|p. 438}} * Captain [[George Henry Baird|George H. Baird]], 1 February, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1916). p. 391''e''.</ref> * Captain [[David Murray Anderson|David M. Anderson]], 21 March, 1918.<ref>''The Navy List'' (September, 1919). p. 725.</ref> * Captain [[Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard]], 5 December 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920). p. 724.</ref> * Captain [[George Trewby]], March 1922.{{MackieRNW}} * Captain [[Charles Talbot Hardy]], August 1923.{{MackieRNW}} * Captain [[Lawrence Walter Braithwaite]], April 1925.{{MackieRNW}} * Captain [[Henry Ralph Crooke]], ?{{CN}} * Captain [[William Munro Kerr]], ?{{CN}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==Radio== By the end of 1913, she and the rest of the {{UK-BS|2}} were all equipped with [[British_Wireless_Systems#Short_Distance_Set|Battleship Auxiliary W/T sets]].{{ARTS1913|W/T Appendix, p. 13}} ==Service== ''Ajax'' served in the {{UK-BS|2}} from at least December 1913. ===Great War=== On 23 August, 1914, ''Ajax'' reported having burned out a boiler. The Admiralty was asked to instruct Scotts of Greenock to send spares and 20 boilermakers to take the repairs in hand.<ref>"Grand Fleet Operations - Narrative of Events." Jellicoe Papers. British Library. Add MS. 48995. f. 57.</ref> ===Jutland=== :{{Main|H.M.S. Ajax at the Battle of Jutland}} ''Ajax'' operated in the {{UK-BS|2}} under the command of [[George Henry Baird|George H. Baird]],{{UKJutlandOD|p. 43}} being the second ship in the battle line after deployment. ===Post-War=== In February 1919, she was sent to Portsmouth.<ref>See {{UK-BS|2}} for citations.</ref> In March 1919, she found herself in Devonport with {{UK-Centurion}}.{{SMNLMar19|p. 19}} In May, she was on "miscellaneous service", remaining so until July at least.{{SMNLMay19|p. 19 and Supplements through July}} ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ajax_(1912)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{DittColl}} *{{UKNavalOpsI}} *{{FCHMShips}} *{{ParkesBritishBattleships}} {{refend}} {{Footer King George V Class Battleship (1911)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ajax}} {{CatShipDreadnought|UK}}

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