Bonsor's book lists four ships named British Queen built in 1839, 1849,
1881 and 1890. None of these were sailing at the time of the query.
Bonsor lists only steamships employed by companies sailing on the North
Atlantic and carrying passengers.
No ship named Minerva is listed by him.

Eugene Smith's book lists passenger ships of the world, not just those
on the North Atlantic, and they are not listed for those dates.

If the questioner was looking at the Indirect Lists, then thse ships
would not be in the books I cited. If his people arrived in North
America at the times listed on ships with those names, they would
probably be sailing ships, or a freighter not regularly carrying
passengers.

Paul Silverstone

New York
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