HMS Ambuscade (1926)
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.
She was launched at Yarrow on 14 January 1926, served in World War II, and was broken up at Troon in 1946.[1]
1926 Of the two destroyers authorised under the Navy Estimates fro 1924-25, HMS Ambuscade was the first to be completed. She was laid down by Yarrow and Co at Scotstoun, on December 8th, 1924, launched on January 14th, and began her trials in July.[2]
1927 It is officially announced that HMS Ambuscade, which was launched in the January of last year, has successfully completed her full power trial of six hours' duration, during the test she easily maintained a speed of over 37 knots.[3]