| Name: | BENJAMIN WHITWORTH |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 10/07/1871 |
| Completed: | 08/1871 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 276 |
| Dimensions: | 1007grt, 639nrt, 216.2 x 31.2 x 16.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (25 & 50 x 33ins), 99nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 65007 |
| History: | |
| 09/08/1871 | Holloway Brothers, Middlesbrough |
| 1874 | Bolckow, Vaughan & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough |
| 1881 | Pyman, Bell & Co, Middlesbrough |
| 1888 | Wilson & Symonds, Middlesbrough |
| 02/11/1889 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 02/11/1889: Wrecked on Sigmilaska Island in the Aland Sea |
| On a voyage from Copenhagen to Gefle in ballast |