| Name: | MATADIAN |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 01/10/1936 |
| Completed: | 11/1936 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1528 |
| Dimensions: | 4275grt, 2483nrt, 383.2 x 50.2 x 23.3ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (19.5, 33 & 54 x 36ins) + LP turbine, 396nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 164305 |
| History: | |
| 06/11/1936 | United Africa Company Ltd, Liverpool |
| 20/03/1944 | Sank |
| Comments: | 20/03/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U66, 100 miles SW of Lagos at 05.07N - 04.47E |
| On a voyage from Port Harcourt and Lagos to the UK with a cargo of palm oil |
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