SS Colonist (1889)

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The wreck in 1894
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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
Launched: 12 October 1889
Completed: 1889
Identification: Official number: 96673
Fate: Wrecked, 9 September 1894
General characteristics
Type: Iron screw steamer
Tonnage: 819  GRT
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. [1]

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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°54′50″S151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797 Coordinates: 32°54′50″S151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797 . [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "SS Colonist (+1894)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

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