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 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.
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