HMS Ambuscade (1913)

      HMS Ambuscade
      HMS Ambuscade
      Career (UK) Royal Navy Ensign
      Name: HMS Ambuscade
      Builder: John Brown & Company, Clydebank
      Yard number: 414
      Launched: 25 January 1913
      Fate: Sold for scrap on 6 September 1921
      General characteristics
      Class & type: Acasta-class destroyer
      Displacement: 935 tons
      Length: 267 ft 6 in (81.53 m)
      Beam: 27 ft (8.2 m)
      Draught: 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
      Propulsion: Yarrow-type water-tube boilers, Parsons steam turbines
      Speed: 29 kn (54 km/h)
      Complement: 74
      Armament:

      3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk IV guns

      2 × torpedo tubes

      HMS Ambuscade was an Acasta-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, launched in 1913 and sold for breaking in 1921.

      Pennant Numbers

      Pennant Number[1] From To
      H62 6 December 1914   1 January 1918
      H05 1 January 1918 Early 1919
      H54 Early 1919 6 May 1921
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      Construction

      She was laid down under the 1911–1912 construction programme by John Brown & Company (originally as Keith), and launched on 25 January 1913.[1][2]

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      Service in the First World War

      Like her sister ships, she served with the 4th Flotilla of the Grand Fleet during the First World War.

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      Disposal

      She was sold for scrap to Petersen & Albeck on 6 September 1921.[1]

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      References and notes

      1. ^ a b c ""Arrowsmith" List: Royal Navy WWI Destroyer Pendant Numbers". Retrieved 2008-07-01. 
      2. ^ "HMS Ambuscade". Clydebuilt Ships Database. Retrieved February 2010. 


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