HMS Royal Ulsterman
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Completed in 1936, HMS Royal Ulsterman was a 3,250 ton passenger ship which, along with her sister-ship, Royal Scotsman, sailed the Glasgow-Belfast run for Burns and Laird Lines Ltd. During the Second World War, Royal Ulsterman served as a commissioned Royal Navy troop transport, taking part in nearly all of the major Allied amphibious operations of the European war, including the Dunkirk evacuation; Operation Neptune (the amphibious part of the D-Day landings); and the liberation of the Channel Islands.
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Name | HMS Royal Ulsterman |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 964[1] |
Launched | 10 March 1936 |
Completed | 29 May 1936[1] |
Fate | Sunk by limpet mine, 1973 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 3,250 tons (gross) |
Length | 328 ft (100 m) (pp) 339 ft 6 in (103.48 m) (oa) |
Beam | 47 ft 9 in (14.55 m) |
Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Propulsion | 2-shaft Diesel BHP 7,500 |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Capacity | 830 troops, six LCAs |
Complement | 236 |
Armament | 1 x 12 pdr AA, 5 x 20mm AA |
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