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COLONIST

COLONIST WAS A BARQUE OF 594 TONS AND WAS BOUGHT BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1852. SHE HAD BEEN BUILT BY W CRANE & CO AT NEW BRUNSWICK. IN 1864 SHE WAS SOLD TO R WILSON & CO OF LIVERPOOL

ON THE 3RD MAY 1852 SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL FOR NEW YORK CARRYING 257 PASSENGERS

COLONIST

  DO NOT CONFUSE THE WHITE STAR'S COLONIST  WITH THIS SCHOONER

COLONIST WAS BUILT IN 1861 BY DENNY & RANKINE AT DUMBARTON. SHE WAS BASED IN SYDNEY AND SERVED THE WESTERN PACIFIC AREA AS A GENERAL CARGO AND PASSENGER VESSEL.SHE WAS WRECKED, BUT LATER SALVAGED AND REFLOATED FROM ELIZABETH REEF.SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN SYDNEY HARBOUR AND SANK.HER MASTER WAS MURDERED BUT I DON'T KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES