| 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