SS Cuxhaven was a cargo ship built for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company in 1882.

[1] The ship was built by William Thompson of Dundee, Scotland, for the Yorkshire Coal and Steamship Company and launched on 6 May 1882.

[2] On 20 April 1886 she was in collision with the Manchester Wholesale Co-operative Society steamer Progress, which left a breach in the Cuxhaven′s stokehold.

In 1912 she was sold to R. Randaffo, Catania and the firm became the Society Transport Internazionali Marittimi.

During World War I, she was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea on 1 November 1916 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Cape Gallo, Sicily (38°30′N 13°28′E / 38.500°N 13.467°E / 38.500; 13.467) by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM U-21.