| 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 |