HMS Ambuscade (1913)

HMS Ambuscade
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Ambuscade
BuilderJohn Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number414
Launched25 January 1913
FateSold for scrap on 6 September 1921
General characteristics
Class and typeAcasta-class destroyer
Displacement935 tons
Length267 ft 6 in (81.5 m)
Beam27 ft 0 in (8.2 m)
Draught10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Propulsion
  • Yarrow-type water-tube boilers
  • Parsons steam turbines
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement74
Armament

HMS Ambuscade was an Acasta-class destroyer of the Royal Navy and was launched in 1913. She served throughout the First World War, forming part of the Grand Fleet and taking part at the Battle of Jutland, serving in the Dover Patrol and spending the latter part of the war as a convoy escort. She was sold for scrapping in 1921.