SS El Kahira was a British Passenger/Cargo ship that sank during a storm in the English Channel on 9 July 1922 while she was travelling from London, United Kingdom to Algiers, Algeria while carrying a cargo of 1,310 tons of bagged sugar.

[3] El Kahira departed London, United Kingdom bound for Algiers, Algeria on 7 July 1922 while carrying a cargo of 1,310 tons of bagged sugar and one passenger along with her crew of 28 including Captain Pepperell.

The weather had already started to get rough by that time and the crew of Staffa reported seeing structural damage to El Kahira in the form of twisted rails, broken stanchions and part of the boat deck missing.

They discovered that the ship was unfit to be at sea due to several factors including the fact that she had prior to her voyage been moored on the river Thames for two years without a drydock inspection.

[5] A partner of Trading & Coaling Co. named Ernest Olivier along with Captain B. Swinhoe-Stodhart who was Marine Superintendent of the company were seen as most responsible for the sinking of El Kahira.