| Name: | TILSCO |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 30/04/1885 |
| Completed: | 18/05/1885 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 1 |
| Dimensions: | 214grt, 127nrt, 125.7 x 20.9 x 9.9ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (16 & 30 x 20ins), 34nhp; |
| (1938: Oil engine, 4SCSA, 6cyl (245 x 320mm), 54nhp) | |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend; |
| (1938: Waggon-und Maschb AG, Görlitz) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 91488 |
| History: | |
| 18/05/1885 | International Line Steamship Co Ltd (Ward & Holzapfel, managers) |
| 18/05/1885 | Registered at Newcastle |
| 10/1885 | Manager became Christopher Marwood, Whitby |
| 1888 | EF Sewell, Whitby (Christopher Marwood, manager), Newcastle |
| 1889 | John Stevenson, Whitby (Christopher Marwood, manager), Newcastle |
| 1892 | Charles Smales, Whitby (William Rayment, manager); registered at Whitby |
| 1897 | James Reid & Co, Glasgow |
| 1899 | Steamship Tilsco Co Ltd (Alfred Rowland & Co, managers); registered at Liverpool |
| 1911 | Union d'Entrepr Marocaines, Casablanca; renamed FRANCE |
| 1931 | Ed Accinolli, Genoa; renamed TERESITA |
| 1933 | Franco Maresca, Genoa; renamed DECIO |
| 1950 | Paolo Gabutti, Cagliari; renamed ANGELO COSTANZO |
| 01/10/1971 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built as a feeder vessel for a proposed Trieste, UK & New York service |
| 10/1885: Management & role changed due to dissatisfaction among the shareholders | |
| 10/1885: Served NE ports to London with coal, then to Whitby with general cargo | |
| 1897: Sold for £1,800 | |
| 1899: Sold for £2,800 | |
| 1938: Re-engined & converted to a motor ship | |
| 01/10/1971: Arrived at La Spezia for breaking up |
Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 02/05/1885