SS Altona was a freight vessel built for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company in 1877.

The ship was built by William Thompson of Dundee for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company and launched on 13 February 1877.

[2] in 1895 she was acquired by the Goole Steam Shipping Company.

In 1914 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and renamed River Crake.

In 1922 she was acquired by the London and North Western Railway and one year later by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.