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HMS Ambuscade (D38)
HMS Ambuscade (D38) was a British Royal Navy destroyer which served in the Second World War. She and her sister ship Amazon were prototypes designed to exploit advances in construction and machinery since World War I.
She was launched at Yarrow on 15 January 1926, served in World War I, and was broken up at Troon in 1946.
General characteristics
- Displacement: 1,192
- Length: 323 ft (98.5 m)
- Complement:138
- Armament: four 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns; two 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes
- Speed: 37 knots (69 km/h)
- Propulsion: geared turbines, 2 shafts, 35,500 hp (26.47 MW)
See HMS Ambuscade for other ships of this name.
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