The SS European was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, which entered service in 1897. the European was a combined cargo and passenger ship which was originally built for the West India and Pacific Steamship Company along with her sister ship the SS American. In 1904 she passed to the White Star Line and was renamed Tropic, the name she retained until she was sold to Italian ownership in 1924, after which she became known as Artico then Transilvania until being scrapped in 1933.

History
United Kingdom
Name:	European (1896-1904) Tropic (1904-1924)
Owner:	West India & Pacific Steamship Co (1895-1900) Fredrick Leyland & Company (1900-1904) White Star Line (1904-1923)
Builder:	Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast
Yard number:	303
Launched:	9 July 1896
Completed:	3 December 1896
Maiden voyage:	9 January 1897
Fate:	Sold, 1923
Italy
Name:	Artico (1924-1927) Transilvania (1927-1933)
Owner:	Ditta L. Pittaluga (1923-1924) Soc. Anon. Ligure di Nav, A Vapore (1924-1927) Ditta L. Pittaluga (1927-1933)
In service:	1924
Out of service:	2 February 1930
Fate:	Scrapped at Genoa in 1933
General characteristics
Tonnage:	8,249 GRT
Length:	475 ft (145 m)
Beam:	55.2 ft (16.8 m)
Installed power:	Two triple-expansion steam engines
Propulsion:	Two propellers
Speed:	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) service speed
Capacity:	60 passengers
Notes:	Combined cargo and passenger ship