| Name: | MATCHLESS |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 08/11/1913 |
| Launched: | 05/10/1914 |
| Completed: | 28/12/1914 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 949 |
| Dimensions: | 994disp - 1042disp, 265.0 x 26.7 x 8.7(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 25000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 3 x Screws, 34.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 3 x 1 x 4.0ins QF, 2 x 1 x 2pdr QF guns; 2 x 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 28/12/1914 | British Royal Navy |
| 26/10/1922 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Admiralty M Class |
| 11/1915: Struck mine in North Sea. Stern blown off. | |
| Towed to Harwich & then to Chatham for repair | |
| 26/10/1922: Sold for breaking up to Barking Shipbreaking Co |
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Above: MATCHLESS in dock after losing her stern. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
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