HMS Matchless (G52)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Matchless
Ordered	7 July 1939
Builder	Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse, Scotland
Laid down	14 September 1940
Launched	4 September 1941
Completed	26 February 1942
Commissioned	12 February 1942
Recommissioned	August 1944
Decommissioned	April 1946
Fate	Sold to the Turkish Navy 16 July 1959
Notes	Pennant number G52
Turkey
Name	TCG Kılıç Ali Paşa
Namesake	Uluç Ali Reis
Acquired	16 July 1959
Stricken	August 1971
Identification	D350
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	M-class destroyer
Displacement	1,920 long tons (1,950 t) (standard) 2,725 long tons (2,769 t) (deep load)
Length	362 ft 3 in (110.4 m) (o/a)
Beam	37 ft (11.3 m)
Draught	14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 48,000 shaft horsepower (36,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	190
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC Type 285 gunnery radar Type 290 air warning radar
Armament	3 × twin 4.7 in (120 mm) DP guns 1 × single 4 in (102 mm) AA gun 1 × quadruple 2-pdr (40 mm) AA guns 2 × single Oerlikon 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × quadruple, 2 × twin 0.5 in (12.7 mm) anti-aircraft machineguns 1 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 42 × depth charges, 2 × racks, 2 × throwers

HMS Matchless was a M-class destroyer built during World War II. After the war she was placed in reserve until August 1957 and eventually sold to the Turkish Navy, who renamed her TCG Kılıç Ali Paşa. She was struck from the Turkish Navy list and scrapped in 1971.