Later Battle class - DD - Destroyer IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: MP Call Sign: MVFW Shipyard: John Brown Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate: transferedFate: scrappedRefit History of HMS Matapan D43 1943OrderedOrdered 1943-mar-11Laid downLaid down 1945-apr-30LaunchedLaunched 1947-sep-05CommissionedCommissioned as I43 and laid up at Devonport, after 150 hours of sea trials 1971RefitRefit towed array sonar Type 2031 towed to Portsmouth and converted by 1973 into a sonar trials ship and fitted with a flight deck 1978DecommissionedDecommissioned 1979-may-18Fate: transferedFate: transfered Sold as scrap to H K Vickers Ltd 1979-augFate: scrappedFate: scrapped Blyth Breakers Yard at Blyth in Northumbria Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Later Battle class 250crew 115.50length (m) 12.20beam (m) 3.90draught (m) 4400range (nm) 50000power (shp) Builder John Brown, Clydebank
