HMS Matchless (G52)
Service
- as Matchless12 February 1942 — April 19461,298 days of the war
- as TCG Kılıç Ali Paşa29 June 1959 — August 1971
- Name
- HMS Matchless
- Pennant / hull number
- G52
- Builder
- Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse, Scotland
- Ordered
- 7 July 1939
- Laid down
- 14 September 1940
- Launched
- 4 September 1941
- Commissioned
- 12 February 1942
- Decommissioned
- April 1946
- Recommissioned
- August 1944
- Struck
- August 1971
- Fate
- Scrapped
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,920 long tons (1,951 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,725 long tons (2,769 t)
- Length
- 110.34 m (362 ft) OA
- Beam
- 11.28 m (37 ft)
- Draught
- 4.27 m (14 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Range
- 5,500 nmi (10,186 km)
- Complement
- 190
- Main gun
- 119 mm (4.7 in)
HMS Matchless was a M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number G52. Her keel was laid at Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse, Scotland on 14 September 1940. She entered service on 12 February 1942, having been launched on 4 September 1941.
Her class ran to seven ships. The class followed the None and was succeeded by the Quebec-class submarine.
She displaced 1,920 long tons standard and 2,725 long tons at full load. She measured 110.3 m (362 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 190.
Her main battery was six 119 mm (4.7 in) guns in three twin mountings. Her machinery developed 48,000 shp.
She served with the Royal Navy as Matchless until April 1946. She then passed to the Turkish Navy, serving as TCG Kılıç Ali Paşa from 29 June 1959. She was in commission for 1,298 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in April 1946. She recommissioned in August 1944. She was struck from the register in August 1971.
She was broken up for scrap.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × shafts
- 2 × geared steam turbines
- Power
- 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 48000 shp
- Armament
- 3 × twin 4.7 in DP guns
- 1 × single 4 in AA gun
- 1 × quadruple 2-pdr (40 mm) AA guns
- 2 × single Oerlikon 20 mm AA guns
- 2 × quadruple, 2 × twin 0.5 in (12.7 mm) anti-aircraft machineguns
- 1 × quadruple 21 in torpedo tubes
- 42 × depth charges, 2 × racks, 2 × throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Matchless (G52) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: unknown. assumed Royal Navy — Old Ships Pictures website : http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20Ma/slides/Matchless%20G52-03.html — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons