Ajax (cleaning product) Ajax (cleaning product) Ajax is a brand of cleaning products of Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive introduced Ajax powdered cleanser in 1947 and was one of the company's first major brands. The cleanser ingredients include sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, sodium carbonate, and quartz. The Ajax name was extended to a line of household cleaning products and detergents which enjoyed its greatest success in the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s. Ajax All-Purpose Cleaner with Ammonia, introduced in 1962, was the first major competitor to Procter and Gamble's Mr. Clean (debuted 1958). Ajax's success as the so called "White Tornado" forced Procter and Gamble to introduce
Greek battleship Salamis Periklis Argyropoulos, the Minister of Marine, wanted to accept the offer, pointing to a study by the General Staff that demonstrated that a modernized "Salamis" would be capable of defeating "Yavuz" owing to the heavier armor and more powerful main battery of the Greek ship. The British naval architect Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt issued a study in support of Argyropoulos, pointing out that "Salamis" would likely also be faster than "Yavuz" and would have a stronger anti-aircraft battery. Commander Andreas Kolialexis opposed acquiring "Salamis", and he wrote a memorandum in mid-1929 to Venizelos, who was again the Prime Minister, where he