Hesperides was a 3,393 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1899 by Bartram & Sons for British & South American Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. and managed by R.P.Houston & Co.

She was sunk on 25 April 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-69 at position 52° 00' N, 13° 50' W - approximately 130 nautical miles North-West by West of Fastnet.

She was en route from Buenos Aires to Liverpool with a general cargo.