HMS Royal Ulsterman was a British passenger ship from the interwar period and World War II. The launch took place in March 1936, and the entry into service in May of the same year. The total length of the ship at the time of launching was 103.48 meters and a width of 14.55 meters. The displacement reached approx. 3,250 tons and the maximum speed was approx. 16 knots. At the time of launching, the unit had no on-board armament.
HMS Royal Ulsterman was built at Harland and Wolf shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland for the shipping line Burns and Laird Lines Limited. The unit, from the moment of entering service, served passenger traffic on the Glasgow-Belfast route. In 1940 HMS Royal Ulsterman was commandeered by the Royal Navy and used to transfer troops to Norway. In the same year, he also took part in the evacuation of the Allied forces from Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo). It is worth noting that the unit underwent modernization shortly after its incorporation into the Royal Navy, which mainly involved the installation of weapons in the form of, for example, five 20 mm AA cannons. In the summer of 1942, HMS Royal Ulsterman took part in operations in the Madagascar region. A year later (1943), he was already active in the Mediterranean, supporting the Allied landing in Sicily. In 1944, the unit also took an active part in Operation Overlord. After a long service in the Royal Navy, during which the unit witnessed many major British naval and landing operations, HMS Royal Ulsterman returned to civil service. Interestingly, it sank in 1973 in Beirut as a result of sabotage.