The British steamer Queen Wilhelmina at sea

The steel screw steamer Queen Wilhelmina was built in Sir J. Laing's yards at Sunderland for the Neptune Steam Navigation Company in 1898. Registered in Shields at 3,590 tons gross (2,307 net), she measured 363½ feet in length with a 46 foot beam and was engined by Clark Ltd., also of Sunderland. Named for the Dutch Queen (crowned 1890) as her routes were usually in and out of the Netherlands, she was always managed on behalf of her owners until, in 1906, her managers were acquired by Furness, Withy & Co. Thereafter incorporated into the Furness Fleet, she became a casualty of war when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U.9 on 8th May 1915 off the Northumberland coast whilst on passage from Leith to Fowey in ballast.