HMS Ambush (P418)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ambush.
HMS Ambush (P418/S68/S18), was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Vickers Armstrong and launched 24 September 1945.
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Ordered | Very late in World War II |
Builder | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
Laid down | 17 May 1945 |
Launched | 24 September 1945 |
Commissioned | 22 July 1947 |
Decommissioned | November 1967 |
Fate | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 24 June 1971. Scrapped at Thos. W. Ward Inverkeithing in July 1971.[1] |
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Displacement | 1,360/1,590 tons (surface/submerged) |
Length | 293 ft 6 in (89.46 m) |
Beam | 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) |
Draught | 18 ft 1 in (5.51 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × 2,150 hp Admiralty ML 8-cylinder diesel engine, 2 × 625 hp electric motors for submergence driving two shafts |
Speed | 18.5/8 knots (surface/submerged) |
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Test depth | 350 ft (110 m) |
Complement | 60 |
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In 1948 she took part in trials of the submarine snorkel.[2] In 1951 she heard and decoded a distress message from HMS Affray, which was sunk with the ultimate loss of all 75 hands.[3] In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[4]