title: French ship Ajax (1806)
text: # French ship Ajax (1806)
  
  Ajax was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
  
  ## Career
  
  Ajax was built at Rochefort along the lines of the Téméraire type designed by Jacques-Noël Sané, but with modifications brought by Engineers Rigault and Filhol; she is sometimes listed as a "82-gun ship".
  
  Commissioned under Captain Jean-Nicolas Petit, she replaced Jemmapes in Zacharie Allemand's squadron. In 1808, she transferred to Toulon, where she became an artillery hulk in 1815.
  
  Renamed Patiente in 1816, she became a prison hulk in 1818.
  
  ## Citations
  
  * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roche, vol.1, p.29
  * ↑ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  