Name HMS Ambuscade

HMS AMBUSCADE was one of eight Type 21 'Amazon' Class frigates built for the Royal Navy. Launched in 1973, she was then commissioned in 1975 and based out of Devonport. The Type 21 frigates were known for their distinctive sleek lines and good turn of speed, being often referred to as the ‘Porsches’ or ‘greyhounds’ of the Royal Navy and were primarily used as anti-submarine and anti-aircraft warfare vessels.

AMBUSCADE, as well as six other Type 21 frigates, served with distinction in the Falklands Conflict, in 1982. She served as an escort vessel for the British fleet, providing protection and ensuring supply lines were maintained. In 1983, whilst conducting a tactical exercise in the Indian Ocean, she collided with USS DALE, resulting in part of her bow being torn away. Laid up in Mumbai for 6 weeks while a new bow was constructed and fitted.

In 1993, AMBUSCADE was decommissioned by the Royal Navy and sold to Pakistan, who recommissioned her as PNS TARIQ. As part of the Pakistan Navy, she served off the coast of Somalia as part of international anti-piracy operations, escorting merchant vessels and providing assistance when necessary.

As of August 2023, PNS TARIQ is in Karachi and is no longer in service. She is expected to go back to Glasgow, where she was built, and become a museum ship dedicated to the history of the Cold War as well as a Falklands Conflict memorial warship exhibit.