SS Colonist (1889)

History

United Kingdom
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.^[1]

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″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797Coordinates: 32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E / -32.914; 151.797.^[1]

References

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

Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 ISBN 978-0-646-11081-3.
Australian Shipwrecks Vol.1 1622-1850, Charles Bateson, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, ISBN 0-589-07112-2, Call number 910.4530994 BAT
Australian shipwrecks Vol.2 1851–1871 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Sydney. Reed, 1980 910.4530994 LON
Australian shipwrecks Vol.3 1871–1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON
Australian shipwrecks Vol.4 1901–1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1987 910.4530994 LON
Australian shipwrecks Vol.5 Update 1986 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Portarlington Vic. Marine History Publications, 1991 910.4530994 LON

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1894

Shipwrecks	2 Feb: Kearsarge 24 Feb: Aarhus 5 Jul: Valkyrie II 3 Sep: Matchless 9 Sep: Colonist 17 Sep: Chaoyang, Chih Yuen, King Yuen, Yangwei 24 Oct: Wairarapa 23 Nov: Ozama 22 Dec: Abana December (unknown date): Inishtrahull

Other incidents	12 Feb: Huntcliff August (unknown date): Prince of Wales 9 Nov: Lurline, Sarah Dixon Unknown date: Dunottar Castle

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Shipwrecks and scuttled vessels of New South Wales

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Central Coast	Adelaide Advance SS Allenwood SS Bonnie Dundee Hazard Nimbin HMAS Paterson

Northern Sydney	Adelaide Aenid Argument Charlotte Narara HMAS Swan Tuncurry Whale Windsor

Sydney Eastern Suburbs	Agnes Colonist Dunbar Edward Lombe HMAS Goolgwai Greycliffe disaster PS Herald Hereward SS Iron Chieftain Iserbrook Itata HMAS Karangi Kate HMAS Kuttabul Martha Three Bees William Cossar HMAS Woomera

Southern Sydney	Adelphoi Advance (1872) Advance (1874) Koonya

Illawarra	Adele Adolphus Agnes Comboyne Hawkesbury Packet Queen of Nations Shockwave

Shoalhaven	Advance Aeolus Agnes Hive Koraaga Nancy HMAS Voyager Wandra

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SS Colonist (1889)

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