SS Stephano was a passenger liner and sealing ship, owned by Bowring Brothers and operated in their Red Cross Line of Arctic steamships.

Stephano served in Bowring Brothers' Red Cross Line as a passenger steamer, and cargo vessel, between New York City and St. John's, Newfoundland, from 1911 until her sinking in 1916.

The crew of the Newfoundland were left on the ice for two days and nights, during a major storm, resulting in the deaths of 77 men.

[4] On 20 March 1915, Stephano transported D Company of the First Newfoundland Regiment to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where they boarded the SS Orduña to Great Britain.

[5] On 8 October 1916, Stephano was torpedoed by the German submarine, SM U-53, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east-north-east of Nantucket, Massachusetts.