MV Ulster Prince (1929)
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|Ship owner=Belfast Steamship Company |Ship operator= |Ship registry=Belfast |Ship route=Liverpool-Belfast (1930-1940) |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Harland and Wolff |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=697 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=25 April 1929 |Ship completed=3 March 1930 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification=Official No.161858 |Ship fate=wrecked in 1941 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship tonnage={{GRT|3756}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|345|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|46|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|4.13|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship power=10 cylinder airless injection H&W B&W |Ship propulsion=Twin screws |Ship speed={{convert|17|kn}} |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= |Ship notes={{cite web| url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=697| title=Ulster Prince| publisher=The Yard/Harland & Wolff| accessdate=18 August 2018}}{{cite web| url=http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2055152| title=Ulster Prince| publisher=Shipspotting| accessdate=19 August 2018}} }} |
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.
History
Ulster Prince was the last of three 3700ton motorships built by Harland and Wolff for the Belfast Steamship Co. between 1929 and 1930.{{cite web| url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/HandWStandards.html#anchor109958| title=Harland and Wolff Standard Motorships - The Belfast SS Pioneers| publisher=Ian Boyle/Simplon Postcards| accessdate=18 August 2018}} She and her sisters, {{MV|Ulster Monarch|1929|2}} and {{MV|Ulster Queen|1930|2}}, were pioneer diesel-propelled cross-channel passenger ships. The trio provided a reliable and regular overnight service between Liverpool and Belfast,{{cite book| title=Coast Lines: Fleet List and History| author=Ian Collard| publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited| date=2015| isbn=978-1445646756| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4OViCgAAQBAJ&q=ulster+prince%2C+-potato&pg=PT16| accessdate=19 August 2018}} which was marketed as the Ulster Imperial Line.{{cite web| url=http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/belss.htm| title=Belfast Steamship Co.| publisher=Maritime Timetable Images| accessdate=19 August 2018}} Their original grey hulls were later changed to black.
Ulster Prince was used as a troop ship during WWII, and became H. M. T. Ulster Prince.{{cite book |title= Australia in the War of 1939-1945 |publisher= Australian War Memorial |author= Allan Walker |year= 1956 |location= Canberra |page= 265 }} In 1940, she landed troops in Iceland for the occupation of Iceland.{{cite book |title= Ebb and Flow: Evacuations and Landings by Merchant Ships in WW2 |author= Roy V Martin |year= 2010 |page= 100 }}{{cite book |title= World War II Sea War |author= Donald A. Bertke |year= 2011 |isbn= 9781937470005 |page= 324 }} 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.
After the war, she was replaced on the Liverpool - Belfast service by the British and Irish ferry {{MV|Leinster|1937|6}} (renamed Ulster Prince (2)).{{cite web| url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/HandWStandards4-BandI.html#anchor135080| title=1937 Leinster (3) (British and Irish)/Ulster Prince (2) (Belfast SS)| publisher=Ian Boyle/Simplon Postcards| accessdate=19 August 2018}}
Service
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Category:Ferries of the United Kingdom