| Name: | COLONIAN |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 19/07/1901 |
| Completed: | 10/1901 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 380 |
| Dimensions: | 6443grt, 4142nrt, 450.5 x 54.2 x 30.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45.5 & 76 x 60ins), 552nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw; 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 115222 |
| History: | |
| 10/1901 | Frederick Leyland & Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 26/05/1917 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 40 x 1st Class passengers |
| 26/05/1917: Wrecked on the south end of North Bishops Rocks | |
| On a voyage from Boston (Mass) to London with a cargo of flour & grain |
Above photo courtesy of Photoship
Above photo courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 22/07/1901