Product Overview
The Amazon Class frigates of 1773 were fifth-rate, 32-guns British ships with a main battery of
12-pounder guns, plus 18-pound carronades and 6-pounder guns in the quarterdeck and in the
forecastle. The designed crew was of 220. It comprised 18 ships; the Amazon, Ambuscade and
Thetis were launched in 1773; the second batch - Cleopatra, Amphion, Orpheus, Juno, Success,
Iphigenia, Andromache, Syren, Iris, Greyhound, Meleager, Castor, Solebay, Terpsichore and
Blonde - were launched in 1779 to 1787.
The HMS Ambuscade 1773 was built at Depford and served in the Royal Navy during the American
Revolution. It was captured by the French corvette Bayonnaise in December 1798, when blockading
Rochefort, and then brought into French service as Embuscade. The frigate was recaptured by the
British in May 1803.
12-pounder guns, plus 18-pound carronades and 6-pounder guns in the quarterdeck and in the
forecastle. The designed crew was of 220. It comprised 18 ships; the Amazon, Ambuscade and
Thetis were launched in 1773; the second batch - Cleopatra, Amphion, Orpheus, Juno, Success,
Iphigenia, Andromache, Syren, Iris, Greyhound, Meleager, Castor, Solebay, Terpsichore and
Blonde - were launched in 1779 to 1787.
The HMS Ambuscade 1773 was built at Depford and served in the Royal Navy during the American
Revolution. It was captured by the French corvette Bayonnaise in December 1798, when blockading
Rochefort, and then brought into French service as Embuscade. The frigate was recaptured by the
British in May 1803.
