MV_Ulster_Queen_(1967)

MV <i>Ulster Queen</i> (1967)

MV Ulster Queen (1967)

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For the 1930 motorship, see MV Ulster Queen (1930).

MV Ulster Queen was a passenger ferry operated across the Irish Sea by P&O Ferries between 1967 and 1981.

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History

Ulster Queen was the second of three new car ferries delivered to Coast Lines in 1966/67 to update the Irish Sea services of the Belfast Steamship Company. She was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead. With her sister, Ulster Prince she took over the Liverpool - Belfast night service, replacing the pre-war motorships Ulster Monarch and Ulster Prince (2). The smaller, third new ferry, Lion took over the Ardrossan - Belfast day service of Burns & Laird. Coast Lines were taken over by P&O in 1971 and the ferries subsequently took on the P&O Ferries colours, with pale blue funnels.[4]

The service closed in 1981 and both ships were laid up in Ostend. Ulster Queen saw further service as Med Sea, Al Kahera and Ala-Eddin. In 1988, she was bought by Hellenic Mediterranean Lines, and renamed Poseidonia.

On 2 November 2005, she caught fire during a voyage from Suez to Jeddah. One crew member was lost. The following day, she sank on Hyndman Reef, Safaga and lies as a wreck.[1]

Service

References

  1. [1]
    "M/F Al Kahfain". Ferry-site.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  2. [2]
    "M/S Ulster Queen". faktaomfartyg.se. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Ship Fact Sheet ULSTER QUEEN (1967)" (PDF). P&O Heritage. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Ulster Queen - Poseidonia". Ian Boyle/Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
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