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French ship Embuscade

List of ships with the same or similar names From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Several ships of the French Navy have borne the name Embuscade:

  • Embuscade (1670), renamed Dangereux in 1677, then restored to Embuscade later in 1677. Re-classed as fireship 1677 and sold in 1688.
  • Embuscade (1704), captured in May 1707 by the Royal Navy.
  • Embuscade (1745), captured in 1746 and renamed HMS Ambuscade. She was sold at Deptford in 1762.
  • Embuscade (1789), a frigate captured in 1798, later renamed HMS Seine when the previous Ambuscade was recaptured in 1803. She was broken up in 1813.
  • Embuscade (1798), HMS Ambuscade captured by the French corvette Bayonnaise in 1798 and renamed Embuscade. She was recaptured by the British in 1803 and broken up in 1810.
  • Embuscade (1865), a floating battery stricken in 1885.
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