Ulster Queen - Poseidonia

 

 

In 1967, three new car ferries were delivered to Coast Lines to update their Irish Sea services. The Ulster Prince and Ulster Queen replaced the pre-war motorships Ulster Prince and Ulster Monarch on the Liverpool-Belfast night service of the Belfast Steamship Co, and Lion took over the Ardrossan-Belfast day service of Burns & Laird. Coast Lines were purchased by P&O in 1971, and the Liverpool boats appeared in P&O Ferries colours with pale blue funnels.

 

 

Ship Names on this Page:-

Ulster Queen - Belfast SS Co: 1967-71

Ulster Queen - P&O Ferries: 1971-81

Poseidonia - HML: 1988-

 

Associated Pages:-

Belfast SS Motorships - Liverpool-Belfast night boats

Coast Lines Car Ferries

Coast Lines Header Page

Hellenic Mediterranean Lines

Simplon Postcards Home Page

 

References:-

The B&I Line: by Hazel P.Smyth - Gill & Macmillan 1984

Across the Irish Sea: by Robert Sinclair - Conway Maritime 1990

Irish Passenger Steamship Services - Volumes 1 & 2: by D.B.McNeil - David & Charles 1969

 

           

 

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Ulster Queen

(Belfast SS: 1967-71)

 

Liverpool-Belfast service

4600 tons, 378ft long

274 1st class passengers, 138 2nd class (cabin), 598 2nd class (seats).

 

Ulster Queen was built in 1967 by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast for the Liverpool-Belfast service of Belfast SS Co. From 1971, the service was marketed as P&O Ferries, although registered owners only changed to P&O in 1978. The Liverpool-Belfast service closed in 1981, and Ulster Prince was laid up at Oostende. Service followed as Med Sea, Al Kahera and Ala-Eddin. In 1988 she was bought by Hellenic Mediterranean Lines, and renamed Poseidonia.

 

 

This is an official Belfast Steamship Co information postcard, with a full text back.

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Ulster Queen

(P&O Ferries: 1971-81)

 

 

Simplon Postcards sp1079 issued December 1991.

Photo: © Margaret Boyle

 

 

 

Ramsey Postcards serial number 133 issued September 2001.

 

 

 

A sequence of photographs of the Ulster Queen passing through the locks at Liverpool.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, July 1979.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photograph of the Ulster Queen at Liverpool.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1980.

 

 

 

Two photographs of the Ulster Prince (left) and Ulster Queen (right), laid up at Liverpool following closure of the Liverpool-Belfast route.

The ship in the centre is NF Jaguar.

Photos: © Margaret Boyle, 1981

 

 

 

 

 

Photograph of the Ulster Prince (left) and NF Jaguar (right), laid up at Liverpool following closure of the Liverpool-Belfast route.

Photos: © Ian Boyle, 1981

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poseidonia (2)

(HML: 1988- )

 

Ulster Queen was built in 1967 by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast for the Liverpool-Belfast service of Belfast SS Co (part of Coast Lines). From 1971, the service was marketed as P&O Ferries, although registered owners only changed to P&O in 1978. The Liverpool-Belfast service closed in 1981, and Ulster Prince was laid up at Oostende. Service followed as Med Sea, Al Kahera and Ala-Eddin. In 1988 she was bought by Hellenic Mediterranean Lines, and renamed Poseidonia.

 

 

Photo: © Foto Fleet File Rotterdam

Scan supplied by Fakta om Fartyg.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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