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During Easter 2021, a group of 5 orcas (Orcinus orca) came into the bay in Ísajörður in Iceland, a rare event. This allowed these whales to be observed and photographed from the shore. When whales are photographed around Iceland, marks on their fins can be used to identify and follow individual whales, note the notch in the fin on this one on the upper right. This whale is catalogued as SN162, aka Ajax. The orcas remained in the bay for several days before safely leaving of their own accord.
Steam locomotive Ajax working the remaining one mile section of the railway at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham. Back in its naval base days there were about seventeen miles of mainline gauge rail track within the dockyard.
The 0-4-0ST locomotive Ajax was built in 1941 by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd. Delivered new to Chatham Naval Dockyard it remained in service until 1984. All other steam locomotives within the dockyard were retired in the early 1970's.
This little guy was balancing on 1 leg for almost half an hour. I learned something new today.
"Bird legs can be a major source of heat loss as they are not covered in feathers, so raising legs alternately into the warm feathers of the belly reduces heat loss of unfeathered areas"
Great pose though, junior.
HMS AJAX F114
Class……………………………Leander class frigate
Builder……………………….. Cammell Laird (Ship Building & Engineering) Co. Ltd., Birkenhead
Yard number……………….1285
Laid down..………………….19 Oct 1959
Launched….…………………16 Aug 1962
Completed.………………….11 Dec 1963
Propulsion.………………….. 2 shafts driven by English Electric Y-100 Geared Steam Turbines with steam supplied by 2 Babcock and Wilcox boilers engines by Cammell Laird
Speed..…………………………28 knots (max)
Range…………………………..4600 nm at 15 knots
Armament:
As built………………………… 2 x 4.5ins gun (twin turret), 2 x 40mm Bofors guns (single mounts); 1 x MK10 Limbo AS mortar; 1 x Wasp helicopter
Post 1970-73 refit……….. 2 x 40mm Bofors guns (single mounts); 2 x 4 Seacat SAM systems; 1 x Ikara AS missile; 1 x MK10 Limbo AS mortar; 1 x Wasp helicopter
Fate…………………………….1988: Arrived at Millom for breaking up.
Undated photo HMS AJAX post 1973 refit
Ajax and Achilles
This olpe shows a very popular subject in ancient Greece: Ajax and Achilles playing dice during a pause in the battle.
The two heroes are sitting on two cylindrical stools in front of a small table. They wear a chitoniskos decorated with a zigzag band, the cuirass, the helmet and the "knemides", or greaves, protecting their shins. With the left hand they are holding a double spear, and their shields are leant against the stools.
This subject was replicated several times by the potters with very different results from the artistic point of view.
On the base of the table on which they are playing, the following boustrophedon inscription is incised: ΝΕΟΚΛΕΙΔΕΣ ΚΑΛΟΣ.
Attic black-figured olpe
Made in Athens
Attributed to Taleides Painter
About 540-530 BC
Rome, Musei Capitolini
HMS AJAX had joined the 1st Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet in April 1946 and is seen arriving at Malta on the 29 January 1948. This was her last visit to Malta when she left she sailed to back to the UK, and was paid off for the final time at Chatham on 16th February 1948.
A proposed sale to Chile was not agreed and the ship was placed on the Disposal List in 1949- She arrived at the Breaker's yard in Newport on 18th November 1949.
My penultimate ride behind a Hoover on the Mule - 50046 arrives at Basingstoke on the 14.22 Exeter-Waterloo to take me to the terminus on 3 September 1991. "Ajax" didn't last much longer, being withdrawn less than 6 months after this date.
On Saturday, 14th April 1984, the FA Cup Semi-Final played at Villa Park, Birmingham between Watford and Plymouth Argyle produced a set of Class 50 hauled 'footex' workings from the South West. All four trains ran via Kidderminster and in this view, 50046 'Ajax' was recorded near Blakedown with the 1Z21 08:03 Plymouth to Witton.
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This is the third and final post relating to the Battle of the River Plate and features the second Leander-class light cruiser that participated, HMS Ajax (22).
Ajax was built at Vickers' Shipyard, in Barrow-in-Furness, England. Laid down on 7 February 1933, she was launched on 1 March 1934 and completed on 12 April 1935. After serving in the Caribbean, she underwent her first refit in late 1937, at which time the four single 4-inch QF high-angle guns were replaced by twin turrets, as seen above (compare with Achilles' original fit in the image I posted two days ago). She retained a Fairey Seafox spotter planes, although they were later replaced by Supermarine Walruses.
She became famous for her part in the 13 December 1939 Battle of the River Plate, in which the Admiral Graf Spee obtained seven hits on her, disabling X and Y turrets, causing further structural damage and 12 casualties including seven killed. At the end of the action she had less than 20% of her 6" main armament remaining.
In 1942 her anti-aircraft armament was improved with the addition of 11 Oerlikon 20mm cannons. She was bombed in harbour at Bone, Algeria, in 1943 and refitted in Norfolk Navy Yard, VA., where four American quadruple 40mm anti-aircraft mounts replaced some (all?) of the earlier AA fits.
She returned to Europe in time to support the landings at Gold Beach on D-Day and later Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France in August 1944. Post-war, she supported British anti-Communist operations in Greece. She also escorted the refrigerated cargo ship Highland Monarch for at least part of her journey (probably from Freetown) to the mouth of the Elbe river, Germany, in 1946. The cargo ship was repatriating the surviving members of the Admiral Graf Spee's crew, many of whom were reluctant to go, having married and settled in Argentina in the six year since they were interned.
Ajax was decommissioned in 1948 and went for scrapping in 1949.
Details of the Leander-class design and fit can be found under the Achilles image posted two days ago.
Seen under glass in the Museum of the Royal Dockyard at Chatham Historic Dockyard.
North West Ambulance Service's Incident Support Unit, an Iveco Daily PN04 GJG, or otherwise called AJAX 3, seen at Carlisle's garage.
Ajax had a superior tail. He was an Oriental Short Hair from championship lines. We adopted him from a woman who was marrying a man with allergies to cats. Ajax was with us for about a year. He suffered a sudden aortic saddle embolism in February two years ago. We miss him.
This was taken in 2005, before I had a digital camera. It was taken with my OM1. I scanned a glossy print and did some touch up with PhotoShop 7.0. Unfortunately, the negative is lost. I hope it will turn up as I continue my spring cleaning.
This shirt is the most beautiful in Holland and looks smashing on anyone. I have combined it with matching white stockings and red pumps.
OFAH Location: Kinderdijk. Netherlands
Episode: To Hull and Back (1985 Xmas Special)
Date visited: 1998
Notes: Contrary to what Albert says there are no windmills like this on the North Sea Canal.
Class 50 50046 Ajax waits at Bristol Temple Meads with the 09:50 to London Paddington. 19/07/1986.
Kevin Connolly - All rights reserved so please do no use this image without my explicit permission
Op 3 juli 2013 kwam de 2125 op straat met zijn reclame voor Ajax. Voordat de wagen in dienst kwam op lijn 16 werd een ronde door het centrum gereden. Hier staat de wagen op het Frederiksplein.
High numbers of single truck trams were gainfully employed to move large crowds of Ajax football supporters. Eindlus Watergraafsmeer 1964.
© Henk Graalman 6537
This 1969 T6H-4521N (original to London Transit Commission) was at one point preserved by Ajax Transit. However, the restoration appears to have been abandoned by 2005. 998 was photographed at Eastway Refurbishing, fate unknown.
Tug
t/b Ajax
Idäntie Ky - Österled Kb
Home port: Nauvo, Finland
Lenght overall: 33,86 m
Breadht: 9,05 m
Draught aft: 4,20 - 4,50 m
Air draught: 13,5 m
Engine power: 1213 kW (about 1660 hp)
Full speed ahead: 1340 kW (about 1821 hp)
Propulsion: one Kamewa propeller
Bollard pull: 23,0 t
Bow thrusters: Scania 260 kW (about 350 hp)
Cross tonnage: 288
Net tonnage: 87
Ice Class: I A
Year Built: 1963
Aurariver 17.09.2017
TURKU
Finland
New Mexico Museum of Space History
The MIM-3 Nike Ajax was the world's first operational surface-to-air missile (SAM). Designed to intercept high-altitude aircraft, the vehicle consisted of a solid-propellant booster and a liquid-fueled upper stage. The first Nike Ajax flew at White Sands Proving Ground (now White Sands Missile Range), New Mexico in 1951 and was operational from 1954 to 1963. The more advanced Nike Hercules replaced the Ajax.
Nike Ajax on loan from the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque, NM
Launcher on loan from NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA
Length 34 feet, 10 inches (10.6 meters)
Diameter 12 inches (30.5 cm)
Weight 2,455 pounds (1,114 kg)
Range 30 miles (48 km)
Speed Mach 2.3 (1,710 mph/2,760 km/h @ 50,000 ft.)
Altitude Limit 70,000 feet (21,336 meters)
Fun Fact: The lower portion of the rocket, the Nike solid fuel booster 1st stage, provided 59,000 Ibs. (262.4 kn) of thrust for just 3 seconds. This short burst of thrust pushed the one ton missile up through the sound barrier