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Allied Warships

HMS Ulster (R 83)

Destroyer of the U class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassU 
PennantR 83 
Built bySwan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend 
Ordered12 Jun, 1941 
Laid down12 Nov, 1941 
Launched9 Nov, 1942 
Commissioned30 Jun, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryReconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1953-1956.

Scrapped in 1981. 


Noteable events involving Ulster include:

1 Apr, 1945
HMS Ulster (Lt.Cdr. R.J. Hanson, DSO, DSC, RN) was damaged by a Japanese Kamikaze aircraft while operating with the British Pacific Fleet off Okinawa. Ulster was towed to Leyte by the New Zealand light cruiser HMNZS Gambia (Capt. N.J.W. William-Powlett, DSC, RN).




In Peril on the Sea

Kane, James S.

Books dealing with this subject include:

In Peril on the Sea, Kane, James S., 1994


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