SS Woolston, built by J. Blumer & Co., Sunderland in 1900 and owned at the time of her loss by Woolston SS. Co. Ltd. (S. Instone & Co. Ltd.), London, was a British steamer of 2.986 tons.
On May 14th, 1918, Woolston, on a voyage from Syracuse to Messina with a cargo of sulphur, was sunk by the German submarine UC-52 (Hellmuth von Doemming), 1.5 miles off Syracuse. 19 persons were lost.