BRITISH QUEEN / OBDAM / BROOKLYN

BUILT BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST IN 1880 FOR THE ULSTER STEAMSHIP CO SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 3558 TONNES. SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE BRITISH KING.

IN 1883 SHE WAS CHARTERED TO SHAW SAVILL & ALBION / NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO, AND MADE  FOUR ROUND TRIPS FOR THEM.

 IN 1889 SHE WAS PURCHASED BY THE HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE AND RE-NAMED 'OBDAM'.

 IN 1905 SHE WAS PURCHASED BY THE ZOTTI LINE AND RE-NAMED 'BROOKLYN'.

 IN 1918 SHE WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL BY THE  GERMAN SUBMARINE UB.123