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Name: WEST POINT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/03/1899
Completed: 06/1899
Builder: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 57
Dimensions: 4812grt, 3074nrt, 376.0 x 50.1 x 27.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 43 & 71 x 48ins), 402nhp
Engines by: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 110582
History:
06/1899 Norfolk & North American Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Simpson, Spence & Young), Liverpool
29/08/1910 Sank
Comments: 29/08/1910: Abandoned on fire 600 miles east of Cape Race
On a voyage from Glasgow to Charleston. Presumed she sank


Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 29/03/1899