HMS Ambuscade (D38)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ambuscade.

HMS Ambuscade
Class overview
Preceded byAdmiralty Modified W class
Succeeded byA- and B class
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Ambuscade
Ordered12 June 1924[1]
BuilderYarrow
Laid down8 December 1924
Launched15 January 1926
Commissioned9 April 1927
IdentificationPennant number: D38
FateBroken up in 1947
General characteristics [2]
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 322 ft (98.15 m) oa
  • 307 ft (93.57 m) pp
Beam31 ft (9.45 m)
Draught8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Propulsion
  • 3 × Yarrow boilers
  • Geared turbines, 2 shafts,
  • 35,500 shp (26,500 kW)
Speed37 kn (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Range3,310 nmi (6,130 km; 3,810 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement138
Armament

HMS Ambuscade was a British Royal Navy destroyer which served in the Second World War. She and her Thornycroft competitor, HMS 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 of 1936.

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

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