MV Ulster Prince (1929)

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
Name: MV Ulster Prince (1929-1941)
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 GT
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]

History

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] 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)).[6]

Service

References
  1. "Ulster Prince". The Yard/Harland & Wolff. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. "Ulster Prince". Shipspotting. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  3. "Harland and Wolff Standard Motorships - The Belfast SS Pioneers". Ian Boyle/Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  4. Ian Collard (2015). Coast Lines: Fleet List and History. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1445646756. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. "Belfast Steamship Co". Maritime Timetable Images. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  6. "1937 Leinster (3) (British and Irish)/Ulster Prince (2) (Belfast SS)". Ian Boyle/Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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