Name SS Colonist Port of registry London Completed 1889 Draft 6.1 m | Owner Angier Line, London Yard number 82 Length 88 m | |
Builder Osbourne, Graham & Co. Ltd, North Hylton | ||
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.
Shipwrecked
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 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797.
References
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