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- 1 2 "Harland and Wolff Standard Motorships - The Belfast SS Pioneers". Ian Boyle/Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ↑ "Ulster Queen (Belfast SS Co, 1930)". Ship.Rex.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.