Allied Warships

HMS Ulster (R 83)

Destroyer of the U class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	U
Pennant	R 83
Built by	Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend
Ordered	12 Jun 1941
Laid down	12 Nov 1941
Launched	9 Nov 1942
Commissioned	30 Jun 1943
End service
History	Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1953-1956. Scrapped in 1981.

Commands listed for HMS Ulster (R 83)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. William Spooner Donald, DSC, RN	4 May 1943	25 Oct 1944
2	Lt.Cdr. Ronald John Hanson, DSO, DSC, RN	25 Oct 1944	12 Jun 1945
3	Lt. John Trevor Kay, RN	12 Jun 1945	4 Jun 1946

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Notable events involving Ulster include:

22 Nov 1944
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at/off Scapa Flow with HMS Ulster (Lt.Cdr. R.J. Hanson, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN), HMS Carron (Lt.Cdr. J.V. Wilkinson, DSC, RN), HNoMs Karmøy and HMS Hazel (T/Lt. J.D. Daniel, RNVR). (1)

24 Nov 1944
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises at/off Scapa Flow with HMS Blencathra (Lt. P.G.C. Dickens, MBE, DSO, DSC, RN), HMS Ulster (Lt.Cdr. R.J. Hanson, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN) and HMS Mendip (Lt. P.D. Davey, RN). (1)

11 Dec 1944
HMS Sibyl (Lt. H.R. Murray, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow together with HMS Urchin (Lt.Cdr. A.F. Harkness, DSC, OBE, RD, RNR) and HMS Ulster (Lt.Cdr. R.J. Hanson, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN). (2)

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).