The Erik (alternately Eric) was a propeller driven steamship, built in the Dundee, Scotland, for service in northern waters.

[1] She was launched in 1865, and worked as a whaling ship off Labrador, until her purchase by the Hudson's Bay Company.

[1] She was refloated in 1901, and returned to the UK, where she was sold, and then turned to Labrador's seal fishery.

She served as a supply vessel for Robert E. Peary's exploration voyages in 1902 and 1906.

[1] She was captured, and sunk, by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM U-156, in 1918.