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