Ajax (ship)

Several ships have been named Ajax for Ajax the Great, a figure from Greek mythology:

• {{ship||Ajax|1759 EIC ship}}, of 655 tons (bm), was built by Perry, Blackwall. She sailed for the British East India Company until a French warship captured her in 1761. The French East India Company purchased her and she sailed for them until 1776.
• {{ship||Ajax|1811 ship}} was launched at South Shields. She was condemned at Calcutta in 1822.
• {{ship||Ajax|1835 ship}}, of 303{{small|{{frac|37|94}}}} tons (bm), was built by Hillhouse, Hill and Co., of Bristol. She was wrecked at Cindadella, Minorca, on 3 December 1862.
• {{ship||Ajax|1864 ship}} - a screw steamer that provided logistical support to the Union Army during the Civil War, and commercial passenger and freight service on the Pacific Coast afterward.