SS City of Venice was an intermediate ocean liner that was launched in 1924 in Northern Ireland for Ellerman Lines.

[2] Workman, Clark and Company built City of Venice in Belfast, launching her on 6 February 1924 and completing her that April.

[7] In the Second World War City of Venice carried troops and supplies between the UK, Africa, India and Egypt.

City of Venice was carrying 292 infantry of the 1st Canadian Division, ten naval personnel, and 700 tons of military equipment including the landing craft HMS LCE-14.

[11] At 2047 hours on 4 July, KMS 18B was off the Algerian coast about 10 miles north of Cape Ténès, and City of Venice was steering a zigzag course at 7 knots (13 km/h), when U-409 fired one torpedo at her starboard side.

In the hold were military vehicles whose fuel caught fire, and the explosion disabled the ship's auxiliary pump and deck water service pipes.

[10] Boat number eight, carrying about 60 people, then came alongside Teviot's starboard quarter, but became fouled, capsized and threw all its occupants into the sea.

Captain Wyper, eight crew, one DEMS gunner, nine Canadian troops and their commanding officer were killed.