Construction: Machinery by Fisher & Co., Paisley; 1 deck; well deck; q'deck 62ft; b'deck 88ft; f'castle 28ft
Built: 1889
Builder: W Harkess & Son
Where Built: Middlesbrough
Propulsion: Screw driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine
HP: 90
Master: J M Enderson
Crew: 14
Owner: W A Massey & Sons Ltd.

Formerly called the NYMETEN and the JOHANNA OELSSNER.

Whilst at anchor off Broadstairs, four German torpedo boat destroyers went past at full speed, firing one or more torpedoes each at this steamship as they passed, one of which struck the GREYPOINT just aft of the engine room. The enemy vessels then turned and came back again whilst the steamer was being abandoned; the destroyers then fired about 30 shells at the ship, the attack commencing at 12.30am, the vessel sinking 30 minutes later. The crew were picked up at about the same time by a patrol vessel, one man being slightly wounded by shell fragments. (4)

A vessel which was torpedoed on 18-MAR-1917. She lies very broken on the seabed at 51 20.20N, 01 29.30E. (5)

Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index:
LR.1915-16 No.844(G); PRO.Kew.ADM.137/2961; DK.p129 (No.338)

<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.

<2> Lloyd's, 1969, Lloyd's list 1741-1945 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6342.

<3> HMSO, 1988, British vessels lost at sea 1914-18 and 1939-45 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6346.

<4> Larn, Richard and Bridget, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 2 : Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Kent (Mainland), Kent (Downs), Goodwin Sands, Thames (Bibliographic reference). SKE31910.