SS Florian was an Ellerman Lines cargo steamship that was launched in 1939 and completed in 1940.

The second was a motor ship that was built in 1955, sold in 1971 and renamed Maldive Loyalty, and scrapped in 1982.

[3] William Gray & Co built Florian at West Hartlepool yard, launching her on 26 January 1940[4] and completing her that April.

Via double reduction gearing and a Föttinger fluid coupling the turbine drove the same propeller shaft as her piston engine.

At 0042 hrs in 20 January one torpedo fired by U-94 hit Florian amidships, sinking her about 140 nautical miles (260 km) west-southwest of the Faroe Islands.