History | |
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Name |
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Owner | Belfast Steamship Company |
Port of registry | Belfast |
Route | Liverpool-Belfast (1930-1940) |
Builder | Harland and Wolff |
Yard number | 697 |
Launched | 25 April 1929 |
Completed | 3 March 1930 |
Identification | Official No.161858 |
Fate | wrecked in 1941 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 3,756 GRT |
Length | 345 ft (105.2 m) |
Beam | 46 ft (14.0 m) |
Draught | 4.13 m (13.5 ft) |
Installed power | 10 cylinder airless injection H&W B&W |
Propulsion | Twin screws |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Notes | [1][2] |
MV Ulster Prince was a passenger ferry operated across the Irish Sea between 1929 and 1940. She became a total loss in Greece while a troop ship during WWII.
Ulster Prince was the last of three 3700ton motorships built by Harland and Wolff for the Belfast Steamship Co. between 1929 and 1930.[3] She and her sisters, Ulster Monarch and Ulster Queen, were pioneer diesel-propelled cross-channel passenger ships.[1] The trio provided a reliable and regular overnight service between Liverpool and Belfast,[4] which was marketed as the Ulster Imperial Line.[5] Their original grey hulls were later changed to black.[3]
Ulster Prince was used as a troop ship during WWII,[1] and became H. M. T. Ulster Prince.[6] In 1940, she landed troops in Iceland for the occupation of Iceland.[7][8] In April 1941, during the evacuation of Greece, she ran aground off Nafplio, Greece. The following day, she was bombed and became a total loss.[3]
After the war, she was replaced on the Liverpool - Belfast service by the British and Irish ferry MV Leinster (renamed Ulster Prince (2)).[9]