Allied Warships

HMS Ambuscade (D 38)

Destroyer of the Prototype class


HMS Ambuscade before the war

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassPrototype 
PennantD 38 
Built byYarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland) 
Ordered12 Jun 1924 
Laid down8 Dec 1924 
Launched15 Jan 1926 
Commissioned15 Mar 1927 
End service 
History

HMS Ambuscade made 37.66 knots on trials and was more economical than the other prototype HMS Amazon.

HMS Ambuscade is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List

Sold to be broken up for scrap on 23 November 1946.

 

Commands listed for HMS Ambuscade (D 38)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Arthur Oswald Johnson, RN21 Mar 194014 Jun 1940
2Lt.Cdr. Robert Augustus Fell, RN14 Jun 194016 May 1942
3Lt.Cdr. Edward Copson Peake, RN16 May 19429 Nov 1942
4Lt.Cdr. Donald Emberton Mansfield, RN9 Nov 194213 Jul 1943
5Lt. Harry Hutchinson, RN13 Jul 194310 Jun 1944
6Lt. John Mayling, RN10 Jun 1944Feb 1945
7A/Lt.Cdr. Harold Geeves Chesterman, DSC, RNRFeb 1945mid 1945

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Noteable events involving Ambuscade include:


7 Dec 1940
The Dutch merchant Farmsum is torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic in position 52°11'N, 22°56'W. HMS Ambuscade (Lt.Cdr. R.A. Fell, RN) later picks up 15 survivors.

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British destroyers & frigates

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Destroyers of World War Two

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