| Name: | WESTMEATH |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/07/1895 |
| Completed: | 09/1895 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 200 |
| Dimensions: | 6851grt, 4486nrt, 450.0 x 56.2 x 31.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (28, 46 & 75 x 54ins), 600nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5 knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 104356 |
| History: | |
| 09/1895 | Ralph M Hudson, Sunderland |
| 06/11/1898 | Sank |
| Comments: | 02/11/1898: Tailshaft snapped in a storm and she lost all propulsion |
| 06/11/1898: Taken in tow by MONTE VIDEAN, but tow line soon broke | |
| In the 3hrs 40mins of towing they had made 8.25 miles | |
| The tow line consisted of 5.5ins steel hawser attached to 40 fathoms of cable | |
| The vessel was taking in water due to a hole caused by a propeller blade | |
| 06/11/1898: Vessel abandoned in the storm & left to sink by additional scuttling | |
| Abandoned approximately 300 miles east of the Straits of Belle Isle | |
| On a voyage from Hamburg to Montreal carrying general cargo |
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 27/07/1895