| Name: | MATEBA launched as WAR CRATER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/05/1919 |
| Completed: | 08/1919 |
| Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
| Yard: | Walker |
| Yard Number: | 212 |
| Dimensions: | 3161grt, 1873nrt, 330.7 x 47.5 x 21.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 310nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 140647 |
| History: | |
| 08/1919 | Elder Dempster Lines Ltd |
| 1921 | Compagnie Africaine de Navigation, Antwerp |
| 1930 | Compagnie Maritime Belge, Antwerp |
| 1937 | Cie Delmas Vieljeux, La Rochelle; renamed MAURICE DELMAS |
| 1942 | Government of Italy; renamed MODICA |
| 1947 | Pietro Longobardo, Naples |
| 01/1960 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 28/05/1919: Launched as WAR CRATER for the UK Shipping Controller |
| 11/1942: Seized by Germany and handed to Italy | |
| 15/02/1943: Bombed and sunk at Naples | |
| 03/1947: Raised and repaired | |
| 01/1960: Broken up at Naples |
Above photo as MARICE DELMAS courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as MODICA courtesy of Richard Cox