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'''H.M.S. ''Ambuscade''''' was a [[Yarrow]]-built prototype destroyer built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the mid 1920s.  She and [[Thornycroft]]'s [[H.M.S. Amazon (1926)|''Amazon'']] helped determine the design factors that would inform more significant post-war construction, culminating in the [["A" and "B" Class Destroyer (1929)|"A" and "B" Class Destroyer]]s of 1929-30.
'''H.M.S. ''Ambuscade''''' was a [[Yarrow & Company]]-built prototype destroyer built for the [[Royal Navy]] in the mid 1920s.  She and [[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]'s [[H.M.S. Amazon (1926)|''Amazon'']] helped determine the design factors that would inform more significant post-war construction, culminating in the [["A" and "B" Class Destroyer (1929)|"A" and "B" Class Destroyer]]s of 1929-30.


There was an earlier [[H.M.S. Ambuscade (1913)|''Ambuscade'' launched in 1913]].
There was an earlier [[H.M.S. Ambuscade (1913)|''Ambuscade'' launched in 1913]].


==Construction and Service==
==Construction and Service==
''Ambuscade'' was commissioned at The Nore on 19 April, 1927 under Commander [[Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay]].
''Ambuscade'' was commissioned at The Nore on 19 April, 1927 under Commander [[Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay]].{{NLJul27|p. 215}}
 
She re-commissioned at Chatham on 16 October 1928 for service with the {{UK-DF|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 215}}
 
''Ambuscade'' commissioned at Chatham on 22 June, 1932 under the command of [[William Gronow Davis]].{{NLJan33|p. 215}}
 
She was re-commissioned on 31 August, 1933.{{NLJul37|p. 214}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay|nick=Ambrose T. N. Abbay|appt=17 June, 1926<ref>Abbay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}}  f. ?.</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 215}}|end=12 September, 1928<ref>Abbay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}}  f. ?.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay|nick=Ambrose T. N. Abbay|appt=17 June, 1926<ref>Abbay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}}  f. ?.</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 215}}|end=12 September, 1928<ref>Abbay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}}  f. ?.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton|nick=Louis H. K. Hamilton|appt=12 September, 1928|end=September, 1929}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton|nick=Louis H. K. Hamilton|appt=12 September, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 215}}|end=September, 1929}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Bernard Drew|nick=Thomas B. Drew|appt=3 August, 1929|end=March, 1930}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Bernard Drew|nick=Thomas B. Drew|appt=3 August, 1929|end=March, 1930}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Wittewronge Clayton|nick=John W. Clayton|appt=c. March, 1930<ref>Took command upon transfer to {{UK-DF|4}}</ref>|end=26 August, 1930}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower|nick=Ion B. B. Tower|appt=25 August, 1930|end=late April, 1931|note=transferred to the {{UK-Blanche|f=t}} as ''Ambuscade'' reduced to reserve}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Luard Pears|nick=Arthur L. Pears|appt=21 April, 1932<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/176.|}} f. 178.</ref>{{NavAppts|Monday, Apr 25, 1932; pg. 8; Issue 46116}}|end=22 June, 1932{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Gronow Davis|nick=William G. Davis|appt=22 June, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 215}}{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 24, 1932; pg. 4; Issue 46168}}|end=20 February, 1933{{ToL|Command of the Ambuscade|Monday, Feb 20, 1933; pg. 20; Issue 46373}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Louis Alkin|nick=Thomas L. Alkin|appt=20 February, 1933{{NavAppts|Saturday, Nov 12, 1932; pg. 14; Issue 46289}}|end=30 August, 1933{{NavAppts|Monday, Sep 04, 1933; pg. 17; Issue 46540}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Maurice William Bethell Hervey|nick=Maurice W. B. Hervey|appt=30 August, 1933<ref>Hervey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>{{NavAppts|Monday, Sep 04, 1933; pg. 17; Issue 46540}}|end=15 November, 1933<ref>Hervey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold William Seaman|nick=Harold W. Seaman|appt=15 November, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 215}}{{NavAppts|Friday, Oct 06, 1933; pg. 6; Issue 46568}}|end=26 April, 1935{{ToL|Royal Navy|Saturday, May 25, 1935; pg. 23; Issue 47073}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Hendley Peters|nick=Geoffrey H. Peters|appt=26 April, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 215}}{{NavAppts|Saturday, Mar 23, 1935; pg. 23; Issue 47020}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Desmond Lisburn Curtis Craig|nick=Desmond L. C. Craig|appt=1 September, 1936{{NavAppts|Saturday, Jul 25, 1936; pg. 8; Issue 47436}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Oswald Johnson|nick=Arthur O. Johnson|appt=21 March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4338}}|end=14 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4338}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Augustus Fell|nick=Robert A. Fell|appt=14 June, 1940{{NLDec41|p. 1211}}{{UBAllyWarship|4338}}|end=16 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4338}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Copson Peake|nick=Edward C. Peake|appt=16 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4338}}|end=9 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4338}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald Emberton Mansfield|nick=Donald E. Mansfield|appt=9 November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4338}}|end=13 July, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4338}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Harry Hutchinson|nick=Harry Hutchinson|appt=13 July, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4338}}|end=10 June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4338}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Mayling|nick=John Mayling|appt=10 June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4338}}|end=February, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4338}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{LCommRNR}}|name=Harold Geeves Chesterman|nick=Harold G. Chesterman|appt=February, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4338}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4338}}}}
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H.M.S. Ambuscade (1926)
Pendant Number: D38
Builder: Yarrow & Company
Laid down: 8 Dec, 1924
Launched: 15 Jan, 1926[1]
Completed: 1926[2]
Commissioned: 19 Apr, 1927[3]
Sold: Nov, 1946

H.M.S. Ambuscade was a Yarrow & Company-built prototype destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid 1920s. She and John I. Thornycroft & Company's Amazon helped determine the design factors that would inform more significant post-war construction, culminating in the "A" and "B" Class Destroyers of 1929-30.

There was an earlier Ambuscade launched in 1913.

Construction and Service

Ambuscade was commissioned at The Nore on 19 April, 1927 under Commander Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay.[4]

She re-commissioned at Chatham on 16 October 1928 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[5]

Ambuscade commissioned at Chatham on 22 June, 1932 under the command of William Gronow Davis.[6]

She was re-commissioned on 31 August, 1933.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
  8. ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
  10. ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.
  12. ↑ Took command upon transfer to Fourth Destroyer Flotilla
  13. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/176. f. 178.
  14. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Apr 25, 1932; pg. 8; Issue 46116.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
  16. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 24, 1932; pg. 4; Issue 46168.
  17. ↑ "Command of the Ambuscade." The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 20, 1933; pg. 20; Issue 46373.
  18. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Nov 12, 1932; pg. 14; Issue 46289.
  19. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Sep 04, 1933; pg. 17; Issue 46540.
  20. ↑ Hervey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/147. f. 147.
  21. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Sep 04, 1933; pg. 17; Issue 46540.
  22. ↑ Hervey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/147. f. 147.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
  24. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Oct 06, 1933; pg. 6; Issue 46568.
  25. ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 25, 1935; pg. 23; Issue 47073.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 215.
  27. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Mar 23, 1935; pg. 23; Issue 47020.
  28. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 25, 1936; pg. 8; Issue 47436.
  29. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1211.
  32. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  36. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

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