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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.

Commander Ambrose T. N. Abbay, 17 June, 1926^[8]^[9] – 12 September, 1928^[10]
Commander Louis H. K. Hamilton, 12 September, 1928^[11] – September, 1929
Captain Thomas B. Drew, 3 August, 1929 – March, 1930
Captain John W. Clayton, c. March, 1930^[12] – 26 August, 1930
Captain Ion B. B. Tower, 25 August, 1930 – late April, 1931 (transferred to the destroyer Blanche as Ambuscade reduced to reserve)
Lieutenant-Commander Arthur L. Pears, 21 April, 1932^[13]^[14] – 22 June, 1932^[Inference]
Lieutenant-Commander William G. Davis, 22 June, 1932^[15]^[16] – 20 February, 1933^[17]
Lieutenant-Commander Thomas L. Alkin, 20 February, 1933^[18] – 30 August, 1933^[19]
Lieutenant-Commander Maurice W. B. Hervey, 30 August, 1933^[20]^[21] – 15 November, 1933^[22]
Lieutenant-Commander Harold W. Seaman, 15 November, 1933^[23]^[24] – 26 April, 1935^[25]
Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey H. Peters, 26 April, 1935^[26]^[27]
Lieutenant-Commander Desmond L. C. Craig, 1 September, 1936^[28]
Lieutenant-Commander Arthur O. Johnson, 21 March, 1940^[29] – 14 June, 1940^[30]
Lieutenant-Commander Robert A. Fell, 14 June, 1940^[31]^[32] – 16 May, 1942^[33]
Lieutenant-Commander Edward C. Peake, 16 May, 1942^[34] – 9 November, 1942^[35]
Lieutenant-Commander Donald E. Mansfield, 9 November, 1942^[36] – 13 July, 1943^[37]
Lieutenant in Command Harry Hutchinson, 13 July, 1943^[38] – 10 June, 1944^[39]
Lieutenant in Command John Mayling, 10 June, 1944^[40] – February, 1945^[41]
Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Harold G. Chesterman, February, 1945^[42] – mid 1945^[43]

Footnotes

↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 37.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 214.
↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 215.
↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 215.
↑ Took command upon transfer to Fourth Destroyer Flotilla
↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/176. f. 178.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Apr 25, 1932; pg. 8; Issue 46116.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 24, 1932; pg. 4; Issue 46168.
↑ "Command of the Ambuscade." The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 20, 1933; pg. 20; Issue 46373.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Nov 12, 1932; pg. 14; Issue 46289.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Sep 04, 1933; pg. 17; Issue 46540.
↑ Hervey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/147. f. 147.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Sep 04, 1933; pg. 17; Issue 46540.
↑ Hervey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/147. f. 147.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Oct 06, 1933; pg. 6; Issue 46568.
↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 25, 1935; pg. 23; Issue 47073.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 215.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Mar 23, 1935; pg. 23; Issue 47020.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 25, 1936; pg. 8; Issue 47436.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1211.
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Bibliography

Destroyer H.M.S. Ambuscade

[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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