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Name: BENTINCK
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/05/1903
Completed: 06/1903
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 113
Dimensions: 1148grt, 729nrt, 229.0 x 33.5 x 14.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 152nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118612
History:
29/06/1903 Burnett Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle
1910 British New Guinea Development Co Ltd, Newcastle
1912 Joan Craig Steamship Pty Co Ltd, Sydney, Australia; renamed JOAN CRAIG
1926 Chung Yung Zan, Shanghai; renamed HENLI
1928 Louis Dubost, Haiphong; renamed FRANCIS GARNIER
1932 Cie Cotiere de l'Annam, Saigon
20/02/1944 Sank
Comments: 20/02/1944: Mined and sank 6 miles off Pointe Lagan, SW Vietnam


Above photo as BENTINCK is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo as BENTINCK is copyright of South Tyneside Libraries

Above photo as JOAN CRAIG is copyright of Allan Green

Above photo as JOAN CRAIG is copyright of Ernest G Best Collection

Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 30/05/1903