Douro-class destroyer
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The Douro-class destroyers consisted of five ships used by the Portuguese Navy and two used by the Colombian Navy, all built during the 1930s. Note that in Portugal, this class of destroyers is usuall
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Azulejo panel in Lisbon showing three of the ships on the Tagus River, Tejo in the left foreground, Douro in the right center and Vouga in the right background, just above the sailboat
HMS Ambuscade (D38)
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HMS Ambuscade was a British Royal Navy destroyer which served in the Second World War. She and her Thornycroft competitor, HMS Amazon, were prototypes designed to exploit advances in construction and
Douro-class destroyer
…Yarrow. A fifth ship, Dão, again to be built in Lisbon using Yarrow-supplied machinery, was ordered on 18 January 1933. Yarrow's design was based on Ambuscade, a prototype destroyer built for the Royal Navy in 1926. The ships were 323 feet (98.45 m) long overall, with a beam of 31 feet (9.45 m) and a draught…
HMS Ambuscade