RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY
| Name | TURQUOISE |
| Type | Iron steamship |
| Yard Number | 284 |
| Launched | 20/02/1882 |
| Completed | 03/1882 |
| Off. Number | 85117 |
| Engine builder | T. Richardson & Son, Hartlepool |
| Engine type | C. 2 cyl. |
| GRT | 2090 |
| Length (feet) | 277 |
| Beam (feet) | 36.5 |
| First owner | C. O. Young & Christie, Cardiff. |
| History | 1885 Christie & Co., London |
| 1907 ZWYNDRECHT, N.V. Stoomv. Mij. de Maas (Phs. van Ommeren), Rotterdam - converted to bulk molasses carrier | |
| Fate | 07/08/1908 Foundered 38.32N/38.32W on passage from Havana to London with molasses in bulk. The twenty-seven crew were rescued by the Italian barque SILVER STREAM. |
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