HMS Ambuscade (F172)

Ambuscade firing her 4.5-inch gun
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ambuscade
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Yard number	1008
Laid down	1 September 1971
Launched	18 January 1973
Commissioned	5 September 1975
Decommissioned	28 July 1993
Identification	Pennant number: F172
Motto	Tempori insidior ("I bide my time")
Fate	Sold to Pakistan on 28 July 1993
Notes	To be returned to the United Kingdom for preservation as a museum ship
General characteristics
Class and type	Type 21 frigate
Displacement	3,250 tons full load
Length	384 ft (117 m)
Beam	41 ft 9 in (12.73 m)
Draught	19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Propulsion	COGOG: 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1A gas turbines for cruising
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) 1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	177
Armament	1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 naval gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 4 × MM38 Exocet missiles 1 × quadruple Sea Cat SAMs 2 × triple ASW torpedo tubes 2 × Corvus chaff launchers 1 × Type 182 towed decoy
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Wasp helicopter, later refitted for 1 × Westland Lynx

HMS Ambuscade was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland. She entered service in 1975. Ambuscade took part in the Falklands War of 1982.

Ambuscade was sold to Pakistan in 1993 and served their navy as PNS Tariq until 2023.