HMS Ambuscade (1913)

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Launched: 25 January 1913
Fate: Sold for scrap in September 1921
General characteristics
Class and type: Acasta class destroyer
Displacement: 935 tons
Speed: 29 knots (54 km/h)
Complement: 74
Armament: 3 × 4 inch (100 mm) guns
2 × torpedo tubes

HMS Ambuscade was an Acasta class [1] destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was laid down under the 1911–1912 construction programme by John Brown & Company (originally as Keith), and launched on 25 January 1913.

Like her sister ships, she served with the 4th Flotilla of the Grand Fleet during World War I.

She was sold for scrap in September 1921.

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ From 1913 the "K class"