SS Wilhelmina (1888)

History
United Kingdom
Name	SS New Borough
Owner	C. Furness & Co.
Builder	William Gray & Company, West Hartlepool
Completed	11 September 1888
In service	19 September 1888
Out of service	17 April 1895
Fate	Ran aground, sold and repaired
History
United States
Name	SS Pensacola
Owner	Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Acquired	1896
Out of service	17 February 1906
Fate	Sold
History
United States
Name	SS Wilhelmina
Owner	A.H. Bull & Co.
In service	17 February 1906
Out of service	1915
Fate	Sold
History
United States
Name	SS Wilhelmina
Owner	Southern Products Trading Co.
In service	1915
Out of service	1916
Fate	Sunk due to accidental collision, 5 July 1916
General characteristics
Class and type	Schooner
Tonnage	1,696-1795 GRT, 1,169 NRT
Length	260.4 ft (79.4 m)
Beam	36.7 ft (11.2 m)
Depth of hold	18.2 ft (5.5 m)
Installed power	150 hp
Propulsion	3 cylinder triple expansion engine, single shaft, 1 screw
Speed	~7 knots (13 km/h; 8 mph)
Crew	~20

SS Wilhelmina (1888) was a cargo steamship. Owned by an US company during WWI, while sailing from New York City to Hamburg in early 1915 it was seized by the British for carrying contraband foodstuffs, triggering a diplomatic incident over how the British naval blockade of Germany impacted neutral trading rights.

The ship was built as SS New Borough at William Gray & Company, in West Hartlepool, England in 1888, commissioned by the trading company owned by Sir Christopher Furness.^[1] In April 1895, the ship ran aground off Wash Wood Beach near the Virginia/North Carolina border, and though there was no loss of life the ship was written off as a total loss.^[2] However, the ship was sold to and then repaired by the Gulf Transit Company, a subsidiary of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company. Renaming the ship the SS Pensacola, they operated the ship under the American flag until they sold it on 17 February 1906 to the A. H. Bull Steamship Company who renamed the ship the SS Wilhelmina, operating it as part of the Bull Line.^[3]