SS Heimara (sometimes spelled as Himara or Chimara, Greek: Χειμάρρα) was a passenger steamer operating the Piraeus – Thessaloniki route.

She had an overall length of 250 feet (76 m), a beam of 33 ft (10 m), gross register tonnage of 1,221 tons and a top speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph).

In the summer of 1946, she was transferred to the Greek State as a German WW2 reparation and was renamed SS Heimara after Himara, a city in Albania.

Due to adverse weather conditions, her captain decided to set course through the Euboean Gulf and avoid the dangerous Cape Kafireas (Cavo D' Oro) at the southeastern tip of the island of Euboea.

However, the panic during her disorderly abandonment, combined with the low temperatures and strong sea currents, resulted in around 400 people perishing.