| Name: | COLONIST |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 07/1874 |
| Completed: | 1874 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
| Yard: | Lawe Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 105 |
| Dimensions: | 362grt, 271nrt, 145.0 x 22.7 x 9.8ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (18 & 33 x 24ins), 50nhp |
| Engines by: | Pattison & Atkinson, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 70623 |
| History: | |
| 1874 | Pile & Co, London |
| 1875 | Loire & Thames Transit Co Ltd, London; renamed ORLEANS |
| 1888 | Matthews & Luff, London |
| 1889 | Wasa Nördsjo Angfartygs A/B, Wasa; renamed BJÖRN |
| 19/05/1891 | Sank |
| Comments: | 19/05/1891: Sank in ice off Tankar Light House |
| On a voyage from Vasa to Gamla Karleby. |