British battleship HMS Ajax cruising in the Mediterranean according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 3 dated 22 January 1921

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King George V-class battleships

An item reported that the British battleship HMS Ajax (1) was to hoist the flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean (2) on 9 February and to leave Malta for cruising towards Smyrna [Izmir, Turkey] and Constantinople [Istanbul, Turkey] returning around 24 February at Malta.

Notes

1. Part of the King George V-class consisting of the King George V (ex-Royal George), Audacious, Centurion and Ajax, preceded by the Orion-class and succeeded by the Iron Duke-class. Ordered under the 1910 construction program. Laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland on 27 February 1911, launched on 21 March 1912, completed on 31 October 1913, decommissioned in 1924, part of the reserve at Devonport and sold to the Alloa Shipbreaking Company be broken up om 10 December 1926 which started at Rosyth, Scotland from 14 December 1926 on.

2. Sir John Michael de Robeck, 1st Baronet (10 June 1862 Naas, Ireland-20 January 1928 London, England), Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Fleet since July 1919 until August 1922.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-118-88