 On 10 July 1943, "Royal Ulsterman" disembarked troops of the British 8th Army in Sicily for Operation Husky.She subsequently took part in Operation Avalanche, landing troops on 9 September 1943 at Salerno on the Italian mainland.After a two-month-long refit at Southampton in March and April 1944, "Royal Ulsterman" took part in Operation Neptune, the amphibious operation that launched Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944.