SS Catalonia was a cargo passenger vessel built in 1881 and owned by the Cunard Line.

SS Catalonia was launched on 14 May 1881 and began her maiden voyage on 6 August, sailing from Liverpool to Queenstown to New York City.

Until 1899, the ship operated between Liverpool and Boston, with the exception of two other trips to New York (besides the maiden voyage).

[2] On 20 October 1897 Catalonia rescued the crew of the fishing vessel Vague which was sinking off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.

[3] The Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society awarded a Silver Medal to Captain Thomas Stephens for having, during a heavy gale, rescued the crew, 21 in number, of the French schooner "La Vague".