| Name: | VIRGINIA SCHILIZZI |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 02/11/1872 |
| Completed: | 01/1873 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Co |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 85 |
| Dimensions: | 1290grt, 821nrt, 254.0 x 32.0 x 17.8ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 60 x 36ins), 150nhp |
| Engines by: | Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 68384 |
| History: | |
| 05/02/1873 | Horace A Clarkson & Co, London |
| 1883 | Newton Bros & Co, London; renamed KOTTINGHAM |
| 1890 | Oswald Lofthouse (W Lamplough & Co), London |
| 1891 | Kottingham Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Whittles, Pallister & Co), London |
| 1898 | Chr Hannevig, Christiania; renamed MARTHA |
| 23/12/1905 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Ordered while John Softley was still in partnership with John Readhead |
| 23/12/1905: Wrecked near the Ile de Ré | |
| On a voyage from Kotka to Bordeaux with a cargo of timber |
Newcastle Journal, Monday, 04/11/1872