SS Violet was a passenger paddle steamer operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1880 to 1902.

[1] (PS is a later designation used to differentiate paddle steamers from propeller steamships) She was built by Laird Brothers, Birkenhead for the London and North Western Railway in 1880.

Cylinder bore 78 inches, stroke 7 feet with double piston rods and crossheads.

Mean indicated horsepower over 3 hours is 3220 and propeller speed is 30 revolutions per minute.

On the Holyhead to Kingstown crossing she was about 15 minutes faster than the earlier ships Shamrock and Rose.