SS King Malcolm, built by R. Stephenson & Co. Ltd., Newcastle in 1906 and owned at the time of her loss by Scottish S.S. Co. Ltd. (Philipps, Philipps & Co. Ltd.), London, was a British steamer of 4351 tons.

On November 28th, 1916, King Malcolm, on a voyage from Marseille to Mauritius in ballast, was sunk by the German submarine U-39 (Walter Forstmann), 144 miles NWxN of Alexandria.

There were no casualties.