HMS Ambuscade (D38)
| Navy: | RN |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Class: | Prototype |
| Pennant: | D 38 |
| Built by: | Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland) |
| Ordered: | 12 Jun, 1924 |
| Laid down: | 8 Dec, 1924 |
| Launched: | 15 Jan, 1926 |
| Commissioned: | 15 Mar, 1927 |
| History: | |
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HMS Ambuscade made 37.66 knots
on trials and was more economical than the other prototype HMS Amazon.
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 23 November 1946. |
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| Events | |
| 7 Dec, 1940 The Dutch merchant Farmsum is torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic in position 52º11'N, 22º56'W. HMS Ambuscade later picks up 15 survivors. |
