 Over the next year, "Ulsterman" would make regular trips between the British Isles and Iceland.During one of these runs, "Ulsterman", under the command of Captain Harry Houghton, carried the three survivors of (the British battlecruiser sunk by the German battleship "Bismarck"), back to the UK.On 29 August 1941, off the west coast of Scotland, "Ulsterman" was holed in a collision with the destroyer HMS "St. Mary's", requiring repairs on the Mersey until late September.