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Name: GEO E BENSON
Type: Fishing Vessel - Trawler
Launched: 24/03/1902
Completed: 05/1902
Builder: JT Eltringham & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 237
Dimensions: 155grt, 33nrt, 105.0 x 20.5 x 11.2ft; (1914: 155grt, 60nrt)
Engines: T3cyl (11, 18 & 30 x 22ins), 46nhp
Engines by: GT Grey, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114517
History:
05/1902 Purdy Steam Fishing Co Ltd, North Shields
23/01/1917 Government of Germany
15/04/1918 Sunk
Comments: 06/05/1902: Allocated fishing registration number SN324 at North Shields
23/01/1917: Captured by U-Boat U44 in the North Sea & taken to Germany as a prize
15/04/1918: Sunk in the North Sea by British Royal Navy destroyers