Nine Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Ambuscade:
HMS Ambuscade (1746) 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 (1773) was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1773, captured by the French corvette Bayonnaise in the action of 14 December 1798 and renamed Embuscade. She was recaptured by the British in 1803 and broken up in 1810.
HMS Ambuscade was the 40-gun French frigate Embuscade, which the Royal Navy captured in 1798. She was renamed HMS Seine when the previous Ambuscade was recaptured in 1803. She was broken up in 1813.
HMS Ambuscade was the 32-gun Dutch frigate Embuscade, which the Royal Navy captured 30 August 1799 by Mitchell's squadron in the Vlieter. Foundered 9 July 1801 at Sheerness, but salved. Initially added as Ambuscade, but renamed Helder on 25 March 1803 before entering service with the RN.
HMS Ambuscade was a 38-gun French frigate Pomone, which the Royal Navy captured 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 (1913), 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 World War II 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.
Nine Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMSAmbuscade: HMSAmbuscade (1746) was a 40-gun fifth rate, formerly the French ship Embuscade, captured in...
December 1798 was a naval skirmish between the 32-gun British frigate HMSAmbuscade and the French 24-gun corvette Bayonnaise. Bayonnaise was vastly outgunned...
Embuscade, captured from the French in 1798, named HMSAmbuscade and added to the Royal Navy, renamed HMS Seine in 1803, and broken up in 1813. Seine was...
HMS Minorca. In 1779, Seymour was promoted once more, making post captain in HMS Porcupine and serving in command of HMS Diana, HMSAmbuscade and HMS...
INS Gomati in Lucknow, India (Planned) HMS President in London, England. HMS Wellington in London, England. HMSAmbuscade in Glasgow, Scotland (planned) HNoMS Narvik...
Tobin HMS Ardent - sank 21 May by bombs from IAI Daggers and Douglas A-4Q Skyhawks (†22) - Fatal Damage Commander A.W.J. West HMSAmbuscade Commander...
flotilla leader R-class destroyer - HMS Skate only V and W-class destroyer S-class destroyer HMSAmbuscade (D38) HMS Amazon (D39) A- and B-class destroyer...
the Squid mortar later in the same year. Although it was trialled on HMSAmbuscade, it was rushed into service in Castle-class corvettes and Loch-class...
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759, and launched in 1765. With 246 years...
the Devonport group of the Type 21 frigate HMSAmbuscade, the Leander-class frigates HMS Hermione and HMS Leander, returning to the United Kingdom on...
Helene. HMSAmbuscade recaptured her on 22 June 1779. A storm drove her ashore on the Dutch coast on 3 November 1796; there were no survivors. HMS Helena (1804)...
HMS Ambuscade, HMS Avenger, HMS Arrow) Leander-class frigate (HMS Andromeda, HMS Argonaut, HMS Minerva, HMS Penelope) Rothesay-class frigate (HMS Yarmouth...
salt to North American ports.: 389–415 In June 1776, HMS Nautilus secured the island, followed by HMS Galatea in September. Yet, the two British captains...
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