Nevertheless it was also deemed essential that Queen Wilhelmina was to be brought to safety ; she departed around noon from Hoek van Holland , where a British Irish Guards battalion was present , on HMS `` Hereward '' , a British destroyer , and when sea mines made it too dangerous to try to reach Zealand , she went to England .
Queen Wilhelmina was brought to safety ; she departed around noon from Hoek van Holland , where a British `` Irish Guards '' battalion was present , on `` HMS Hereward '' , a British destroyer , and went to England .