Clyde Naval Heritage has introduced plans to develop a stay, immersive wargaming expertise aboard the previous Royal Navy frigate HMS Ambuscade, which is about to return from Pakistan to the River Clyde, the charity acknowledged.
In a latest replace, founder David O’Neill invited companions to assist refine the idea, which might see guests take command of the Falklands-era warship in simulated naval battle situations enhanced by sound and lightweight results.
“Are function play video games your factor? How would you and your mates take pleasure in enjoying a wargame onboard an actual warship?” O’Neill wrote. He added that the attraction would enable gamers to “carry collectively a workforce of pals or colleagues, play in particular person and on-line, take command and lead your workforce into motion.”
The gaming challenge varieties a part of a broader imaginative and prescient to show HMS Ambuscade right into a floating museum and interactive heritage website after her 6,000-mile journey from Karachi, the place she served as PNS Tariq within the Pakistani Navy till 2023. Constructed by Yarrow Shipbuilders in Glasgow and launched in 1975, the Sort 21 frigate noticed motion through the Falklands Battle earlier than being offered to Pakistan within the early Nineteen Nineties.
Clyde Naval Heritage, a registered Scottish charity, is main efforts to carry the ship residence as a centerpiece of a brand new heritage and tourism initiative celebrating the Clyde’s shipbuilding legacy. The group is partnering with The Tricolor Collective to develop the challenge, which goals to mix schooling, cultural regeneration, and enterprise growth.
O’Neill mentioned the charity intends to make Ambuscade “greater than a static exhibit,” making a dynamic expertise that hyperlinks the area’s naval heritage to trendy inventive industries. The organisation can also be planning a “Imaginative and prescient for the Clyde” occasion at West Faculty Scotland later this month to showcase alternatives for native companies, apprentices, and neighborhood companions to participate within the challenge.
As soon as returned to the Clyde and restored, HMS Ambuscade will sit alongside the Titan Crane in Clydebank, providing guests a brand new strategy to have interaction with Scottish maritime historical past.