HMS Ambuscade (D38)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ambuscade.
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.
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HMS Ambuscade | |
Class overview | |
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Preceded by | Admiralty Modified W class |
Succeeded by | A- and B class |
History | |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Ambuscade |
Ordered | 12 June 1924[1] |
Builder | Yarrow |
Laid down | 8 December 1924 |
Launched | 15 January 1926 |
Commissioned | 9 April 1927 |
Identification | Pennant number: D38 |
Fate | Broken up in 1947 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length |
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Beam | 31 ft (9.45 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 37 kn (69 km/h; 43 mph) |
Range | 3,310 nmi (6,130 km; 3,810 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 138 |
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She was launched at Yarrow on 15 January 1926, served in World War II, and was broken up at Troon in 1946.