SS Asiatic was a steamship operated by the White Star Line from 1871 to 1873, a sister ship to Tropic.

Asiatic was built as a passenger-cargo ship during the transition from sail to steam power, so she was fitted with three fully rigged masts in addition to her two-cylinder compound steam engine manufactured by Laird Brothers of Birkenhead, England.

[3] She operated first in the Calcutta, India, trade, but transferred to the South American route in July 1872.

None of these enterprises proved profitable, and following the loss of the Atlantic in April 1873, the ship was sold to the African Steamship Company to raise additional capital.

[1] In November or December 1875, she rescued the crew of the British barque Eagle, which foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.