The wreck in 1894
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
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]
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. [1]
The wreck in 1894
| |
History | |
---|---|
United Kingdom | |
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]
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. [1]