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*MV ''Ulster Prince'' (1929-1940)
*HMT ''Ulster Prince'' (1940-1941)
|Ship owner=[[Belfast Steamship Company]]
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|Ship registry=Belfast
|Ship route=[[Liverpool]]-[[Belfast]] (1930-1940)
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|Ship builder=[[Harland and Wolff]]
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|Ship yard number=697
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|Ship launched=25 April 1929
|Ship completed=3 March 1930
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|Ship identification=Official No.161858
|Ship fate=wrecked in 1941
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|Ship notes=<ref name=yard>{{cite web| url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=697| title=Ulster Prince| publisher=The Yard/Harland & Wolff| accessdate=18 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2055152| title=Ulster Prince| publisher=Shipspotting| accessdate=19 August 2018}}</ref>
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'''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.<ref name=boyle>{{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}}</ref> She and her sisters, {{MV|Ulster Monarch|1929|2}} and {{MV|Ulster Queen|1930|2}}, were pioneer diesel-propelled cross-channel passenger ships.<ref name=yard/> The trio provided a reliable and regular overnight service between [[Liverpool]] and [[Belfast]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> which was marketed as the Ulster Imperial Line.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/belss.htm| title=Belfast Steamship Co.| publisher=Maritime Timetable Images| accessdate=19 August 2018}}</ref> Their original grey hulls were later changed to black.<ref name=boyle/>
''Ulster Prince'' was used as a troop ship during WWII,<ref name=yard/> and became '''H. M. T. ''Ulster Prince'''''.<ref>{{cite book |title= Australia in the War of 1939-1945 |publisher= Australian War Memorial |author= Allan Walker |year= 1956 |location= Canberra |page= 265 }}</ref> In 1940, she landed troops in [[Iceland]] for the [[occupation of Iceland]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Ebb and Flow: Evacuations and Landings by Merchant Ships in WW2 |author= Roy V Martin |year= 2010 |page= 100 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= World War II Sea War |author= Donald A. Bertke |year= 2011 |isbn= 9781937470005 |page= 324 }}</ref> 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.<ref name=boyle/>
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)).<ref name=leinster>{{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}}</ref>
==Service==
*[[Liverpool]] - [[Belfast]] (1930 - 1940)
*wartime troop ship (1940–41)
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[[Category:Ferries of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1929 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built by Harland and Wolff]]
[[Category:Troop ships of the United Kingdom]]