Specifications 250crew 115.50length (m) 12.20beam (m) 3.90draught (m) 4400range (nm) 50000power (shp) Shipyards John Brown - Clydebank1 List of Ships Filter: AllUK - Royal Navy .......... 1 Hide Transfers Hide derivatives 19731978Royal NavyD43HMS MatapanMVFW - MP1 units Events 1943OrderedOrdered D43 HMS Matapan 1943-mar-11Laid downLaid down D43 HMS Matapan 1945-apr-30LaunchedLaunched D43 HMS Matapan 1947-sep-05CommissionedCommissioned D43 HMS Matapan as I43 and laid up at Devonport, after 150 hours of sea trials 1971RefitRefit D43 HMS Matapan towed array sonar Type 2031 towed to Portsmouth and converted by 1973 into a sonar trials ship and fitted with a flight deck 1978DecommissionedDecommissioned D43 HMS Matapan 1979-may-18Fate: transferedFate: transfered D43 HMS Matapan Sold as scrap to H K Vickers Ltd 1979-augFate: scrappedFate: scrapped D43 HMS Matapan at Blyth in Northumbria
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