Scotland Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/scotland/ Mechanically-minded travel Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:46:10 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Former HMS Ambuscade expected to return to Glasgow as a Ship Museum https://mechtraveller.com/2024/12/former-hms-ambuscade-expected-to-return-to-glasgow-as-a-ship-museum/ https://mechtraveller.com/2024/12/former-hms-ambuscade-expected-to-return-to-glasgow-as-a-ship-museum/#respond Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:30:01 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=11206 The Type 21 frigate and veteran of the Falklands War, PNS Tariq (ex-HMS Ambuscade) is expected to return to her birthplace on the Clyde sometime next year, to become a ship museum. HMS Ambuscade was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders on the Clyde 1n 1973 and served with the Royal Navy, including during the Falklands War, […]

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