A number of ships have been named SS Patroclus after Patroclus, the Ancient Greek hero Achilles' best friend.
, a 2,074-ton ship of the Blue Funnel Line , a 5,509-ton ship of the Blue Funnel Line , an 11,314-ton ship of the Blue Funnel Line, commissioned as on outbreak of World War II, torpedoed and sunk by on 3 November 1940. , a 10,109-ton ship of the Blue Funnel Line , a 12,299-ton ship of the China Mutual Steam Navigation Company and later NSMO; was of the Blue Funnel Line until 1973.