Ajax-class ironclad

	Launch of HMS Agamemnon in 1879 from The Illustrated London News
Class overview
Builders	Pembroke Dockyard; Chatham Dockyard;
Preceded by	HMS Inflexible
Succeeded by	Colossus class
Built	1876–1883
In commission	1884–1904
Completed	2
General characteristics
Type	Ironclad battleship
Displacement	8,510 tons
Length	300 ft 9 in (91.67 m) o/a; 280 ft (85 m) p/p;
Beam	66 ft (20 m)
Draught	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Propulsion	Two-shaft Penn inverted compound; 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW);
Speed	13 kn (24 km/h)
Complement	345
Armament	4 × 12.5-inch (317 mm) muzzle-loading rifles; 2 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk II guns;
Armour	Citadel: 18 in (460 mm) tapering to 15 in (380 mm); Turret: 16 in (410 mm) faces, 14 in (360 mm) sides; Conning tower: 12 in (300 mm); Bulkheads: 16.5 in (420 mm) to 13.5 in (340 mm); Deck: 3 in (76 mm);

The Ajax class of ironclad battleships consisted of two ships, HMS Ajax and HMS Agamemnon, serving in the Victorian era Royal Navy. Their main armament was turret-mounted.

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