HMS Ambuscade

HMS Ambuscade

Eight Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS "Ambuscade":

* HMS "Ambuscade" was a 40-gun fifth-rate, formerly the French ship "Embuscade", captured in 1746. She fought off Cape Finisterre, captured the privateer "Vainqueen" and fought with Boscawen against de la Clue off Lagos. She was sold at Deptford in 1762.
* HMS "Ambuscade" was a 32-gun fifth-rate launched in 1773, captured by the French corvette "Bayonnaise" in 1798 and called "Embuscade" and recaptured by the British in 1803. She was broken up in 1810.
* HMS "Ambuscade" was a 40-gun French fifth-rate called "Embuscade" which was captured by the Royal Navy in 1799. She was renamed HMS "Seine" when the previous "Ambuscade" was recaptured in 1803. She was broken up in 1813.
* HMS "Ambuscade" was a 38-gun French fifth-rate called "Pomone" which was captured by the Royal Navy in 1811. She was broken up in 1812.
* HMS "Ambuscade" was originally laid down in 1830 as a fifth-rate, but was renamed HMS "Amphion" before finally being launched in 1846 as the first Royal Navy steam-powered frigate.
* HMS "Ambuscade", launched in 1913, was an "Acasta"-class destroyer that served in World War I and was scrapped in 1921.
* HMS "Ambuscade" (D38), launched in 1926, was a prototype destroyer which served in the Second World War and was sold for scrap in 1946.
* HMS "Ambuscade" (F172) was a Type 21 frigate launched in 1973 that fought in the Falklands War. In 1993 she was sold to Pakistan and renamed "Tariq".


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