HMS Ambuscade was an Acasta-class destroyer

Acasta class destroyer

The Acasta class was a class of twenty destroyers built for the Royal Navy under the Naval Programme of 1911 - 1912 that saw service during World War I...

 of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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, launched in 1913 and sold for breaking in 1921.

Pennant Numbers

Pennant Number	From	|To
H62	6 December 1914	|1 January 1918
H05	1 January 1918	|Early 1919
H54	Early 1919	|6 May 1921

Construction

She was laid down under the 1911–1912 construction programme by John Brown & Company

John Brown & Company

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 (originally as Keith), and launched on 25 January 1913.

Service in the First World War

Like her sister ships, she served with the 4th Flotilla of the Grand Fleet during the First World War

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

.