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'''H.M.S. ''Ambuscade''''' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Ambuscade''''' was one of twenty destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].


==Service==
==Service==
Reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport 15 October, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1921), p. 726.</ref>
Reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport 15 October, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1921), p. 726.</ref>


At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Gordon A. Coles]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Gordon Alston Coles|Gordon A. Coles]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Gordon A. Coles]], 25 June, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 273.</ref>
* {{LCommRN}} [[Gordon Alston Coles|Gordon A. Coles]], 25 June, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 273.</ref>
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Revision as of 19:12, 4 January 2014

H.M.S. Ambuscade (1913)
Pendant Number: H.62 (1914)
H.05 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Launched: 25 Jan, 1913[3]
Sold: Sep, 1921[4]

H.M.S. Ambuscade was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

Reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport 15 October, 1919.[5]

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Gordon A. Coles.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  5. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1921), p. 726.
  6. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  7. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 273.

Bibliography


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