AMBUSCADE

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Destroyer

Nickname

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Ship Class

Acasta class

Grouping

4th Destroyer Flotilla

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

John Brown, Clydebank, yard No. 414

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

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Launch Date

25.01.1913

Completed date

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Commission date

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Year laid down

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Year launched

1913

Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

H62, H05 (1918 till early 1919), H54

Photo Details

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Related stories

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Sister ships

Acasta, Achates, Christopher, Contest, Fortune, Garland, Hardy, Midge, Owl, Porpoise, Shark, Sparrowhawk, Spitfire, Unity

Eventual Fate

Scrapped 1921

Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Lieutenant-Commander Gordon A. Coles

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

74

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

934

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

276' .6"

Length (mtrs)

81.53

Beam (ft)

29' 9" (Wiki 27')

Beam (mtrs)

8.15

Draught (ft)

9' 6" (Wiki 10' 6")

Draught (mtrs)

2.9 (Wiki 3.2)

Max. Speed (knots)

29

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

2 shaft Parsons steam turbines. Yarrow water tube boilers, giving 24,500 hp

Armour Main Belt

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Deck Armour

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Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

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No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

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Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

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Guns (No.barrels) 2

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Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Three QF 4" Mk IV guns (101.6 mm)

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

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No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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