SS Maid of Kent was a British passenger ferry and later converted to a hospital ship.

SS Maid of Kent replaced her sister ship Isle of Thanet, which was transferred to Folkestone on 6 November.

On 9 March 1926, she accidentally rammed the Southern Breakwater at Dover which caused damage to her bow.

SS Maid of Kent made her way to Folkestone as soon the United Kingdom declared war on Germany.

On 18 May, a bomb dropped nearby HMHS Maid of Kent but she was unable to relocate, three days later on 21 May, a bomb from the Luftwaffe air raid hit her engine room which cause a fire aboard the ship.