| Name: | ESPRESSO |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched | 27/09/1870 |
| Completed: | 17/02/1871 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 67 |
| Dimensions: | 1935grt, 1316nrt, 798dwt, 298.9 x 35.5 x 19.4ft; (1884: 2009grt, 1287nrt) |
| Engines: | 2 x C2cyl (29 & 56 x 33ins), 300nhp; |
| (1884: C2cyl (37 & 74 x 48ins), 461nhp) | |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1884: Wigham Richardson & Co, Newcastle) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw; 13.6knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 17/02/1871 | Captain GB Lavarello, Genoa |
| 1871 | GB Lavarello & Co; renamed COLOMBO |
| 1883 | M Bruzzo & Co, Genoa |
| 02/1884 | La Veloce, Genoa; renamed NAPOLI |
| 05/12/1893 | Sank |
| Comments | Contract Price £43,900; Profit £2071-0s-0d |
| Accommodation for 34 x 1st Class and 900 x Emigrant Class passengers | |
| 23/02/1871: Genoa - Marseilles - Cadiz - Tenerife (for bunkers) - Montevideo - Buenos Aires, making the whole voyage in about 30 days | |
| 1881: GB Lavarello & Co failed after the wreck of another ship in the fleet | |
| 1883: M Bruzzo was one of the liquidators of the company and took over three ships of the fleet, including COLOMBO | |
| 03/08/1883: Sailed on her first voyage for the new owners to South America | |
| 02/1884: Returned to the Tyne for engine modifications, due to high fuel bills | |
| Re-engined by Wigham Richardson & Co | |
| 02/1884: The owners got into financial difficulties, due to other acquisitions, and was forced to go into partnership under the banner of La Veloce, Genoa | |
| 05/12/1893: Abandoned off the Brazilian coast |