| Name: | JOHN DIXON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 21/08/1872 |
| Completed: | 11/1872 |
| Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 42 |
| Dimensions: | 1522grt, 977nrt, 250.1 x 33.2 x 19.4ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 58 x 36ins), 130nhp |
| Engines by: | CD Holmes & Co, Hull |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 67368 |
| History: | |
| 06/11/1872 | Kirby & Gilles, Newcastle |
| 1876 | H Bucknall & Sons, Newcastle |
| 20/11/1889 | North of of England Shipping Co Ltd (G Nelson & Sons), Liverpool |
| 1894 | Hagerup, Doughty & Co, Grimsby |
| 1894 | A/S Bengal (H Fredriksen), Sandefjord; renamed BENGAL |
| 1899 | O Mohn, Christiania |
| 1901 | A/S D/S Bengal (O Mohn), Oslo |
| 1907 | A/S D/S Bengal (Kr Aug Retvedt), Drammen |
| 13/10/1910 | Sank |
| Comments: | 10/11/1874: Sank after a collision with QUEEN ANNE off Isola Point, Valletta |
| On a voyage from Shields to Odessa with a cargo of coal | |
| Subsequently refloated & repaired | |
| 14/01/1881: Sank LENORE in a collision, in fog, off Whitby | |
| 13/10/1910: Sank off the coast of Finmarken | |
| On a voyage from Kirkenes to Rotterdam with a cargo of iron ore |
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 23/08/1872