The British Queen and her sister, the British King, were the first all passenger ships built by Harland & Wolff, and the first to have steel hulls (check).

 

One funnel, four masts, single screw, speed 12 knots. Launched for British Shipowners Ltd, as the British Queen.

 

1881 chartered to American Line.

1889 purchased by the Holland America Line and renamed Obdam; accommodation for 80-1st, 60-2nd and 800 steerage class passengers. 23rd March 1889, first voyage, Rotterdam-New York.

1896 fitted with triple-expansion engines. 9th June 1898, last voyage, Rotterdam-New York.

1898, Mcpherson (U.S. Army transport).

1905 acquired by the Frank Zotti Steamship Co (Zotti Line), New York and renamed Brooklyn.

1906, S.V. Luckenbach, Luckenbach Line (USA).

1915, Onega (U.S.).

 

30th August 1918, torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel by German submarine Ub 123

 [North Atlantic Seaway, vol. 3, p. 941 by N.R.P.Bonsor].