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HMS Ambuscade (D38)

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HMS Ambuscade
HMS Ambuscade
HMS Ambuscade
History
Royal Navy Ensign
Launched15 January 1926
Fatebroken up in 1946
General characteristics
Displacement1,192 tons
Length323 ft (98 m)
Propulsiongeared turbines, 2 shafts, 35,500 hp (26.47 MW)
Speed37 knots (69 km/h)
Complement138
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four BL 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns

two 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns

six 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Ambuscade (D38) was a British Royal Navy destroyer which served in the Second World War. She and her Thornycroft competitor, Amazon, were prototypes designed to exploit advances in construction and machinery since World War I and formed the basis of Royal Navy destroyer evolution up to the Tribal class of 1936.

She was launched at Yarrow on 15 January 1926, served in World War II, and was broken up at Troon in 1946.

References

  • Winser, John de D. (1999). B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-91-6.