SS Stanwood was a British collier that was sunk off Falmouth in December 1939 after her cargo of coal caught fire.

The ship was built in 1915 by the Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, as the Itajahy on behalf of the Hamburg-Sudamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft ("Hamburg-South America Line"), but was requisitioned by the German Navy.

The ship was scuttled in 12 m (39 ft) of water in Carrick Roads in order to extinguish the fire, with intention of then raising her.

Unfortunately she slipped into deeper waters, and the crew abandoned her with the loss of one man.

[5] The wreck remains popular with divers,[6][7] though permission must first be obtained from the harbour master.