HMS Ulster (R83)

HMS Ulster (R83) was a U-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F83.

Notes

HMS Ulster while serving with the British Pacific fleet which was in all but name the fourth task group Of the US 3rd/5th fleet better known as the US Fast Carrier Task Force was near missef by a Japanese Kamikaze and bomb during Operation Iceberg the invasion of Okinawa had it's machinery spaces blown in and had to be towed to Leyte for temporary repairs whence it sailed for Australia

The Forgotten Fleet The British Navy in the Pacific 1944-1945 John Winton Coward McCann Inc. New York pages 122-128

References

• Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4. 
• Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1. 

During the late 1960s, HMS Ulster was used by Naval Ratings from HMS Vernon for sea-going training in the SCR, (sonar control room.)