| 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