article_snippet.sent: The gold and silver bars had been loaded in Murmansk onto a former Irish Sea ferry, converted into a battle cruiser with her superstructure stripped to take part in a dangerous Arctic convoy.
article_snippet.sent: The former ferry, HMS Ulster Queen, arrived in Greenock in November 1942, after 13 days at sea and two ships sunk by German U-boats.
article_snippet.sent: In the end, the decision was apparently made to off-load the cargo in the Clyde, for eventual transfer to another vessel for the Atlantic crossing.
article_snippet.sent: the Ulster Queen pictured in the Ulster Queen pre-war days as an Irish Sea ferry.
article_snippet.sent: the Ulster Queen was later converted into a battle cruiser with the Ulster Queen superstructure stripped .