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 / -32.914; 151.797.

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