The Probert Encyclopaedia of Ships

MATABELE

HMS Matabele was a British Tribal Class destroyer of 1870 tons displacement launched in 1937 and sunk in January 1942 during the Second World War. HMS Matabele was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots and carried a crew of 190. She was armed with eight 4.7 inch dual-purpose guns; seven smaller guns and four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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