SS Nicaragua was a cargo ship that ran aground on Padre Island off the coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico in 1912. Nicaragua was built in 1891 in Bergen, Norway, and her plans show that she was 190 feet (58 m) long overall. Lloyd's of London listed her at 611 gross register tons. Rumors have arisen about gun running and other illegal activities Nicaragua may have performed, but there is no evidence that she was engaged in any illegal activities at the time she was wrecked.