SS Colonist (1889)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | SS Colonist |
| Owner: | Angier Line, London |
| Port of registry: | London |
| Builder: | Osbourne, Graham & Co. Ltd, North Hylton |
| Yard number: | 82 |
| Completed: | 1889 |
| Identification: | Official number: 96673 |
| Status: | Wrecked, 9 September 1894 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Iron screw steamer |
| Tonnage: | 819 GT |
| Length: | 88.4 m (290 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) |
| Installed power: | Triple expansion engine |
| Crew: | 29 |
SS Colonist was a British iron-hulled coastal cargo ship driven by a 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine. She was built in 1889 by Osbourne, Graham & Co. Ltd, North Hylton, England. She had a complement of 29 crewmembers.
On 9 September 1894, traveling from Newcastle, New South Wales on her way to Adelaide while carrying a cargo of coal the Colonist was wrecked on Newcastle's Oyster Bank at position 32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°ECoordinates: 32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E.
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