Taormina was an Italian ship that was covering the East Mediterranean route. She was built by Gourlay Bros. for the Trinacria Steamship Company in 1873. She had 1,594 tons.

On 24 October 1876 the firm of I. & V. Florio bought her along with 13 other steamers belonging to the Trinacria Steamship Company of Palermo, which had gone into liquidation. In 1881 she was transferred to the Navigazione Generale Italiana.

In 1891, she sunk in collision with Thessalia off Cape Sounion with the loss of 40 lives. She was doing teh route Constantinople-Piraeus and was close to Gaidouronissi when she was hit in the left side of the bow by the Greek Thessalia. The following Italian text of 1891 describes the sinking.

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