▁Sydney ▁Har bour , ▁in ▁which ▁it ▁was ▁s unk . ▁ ▁Sh ip ▁description ▁and ▁construction ▁ ▁The ▁Col on ist ▁was ▁a ▁wooden ▁vessel ▁with ▁iron ▁bol ts ▁and ▁with ▁a ▁felt ▁and ▁yellow ▁metal ▁skin . ▁L ength : ▁ ▁B read th : ▁ ▁Dep th : ▁ ▁She ▁was ▁rig ged ▁as ▁a ▁sch oon er ▁although ▁sometimes ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁brig antine . ▁She ▁was ▁built ▁by ▁Den ny ▁& ▁Rank ine ▁ ▁in ▁their ▁ 1 4 0 ▁yard ▁at ▁D umb art on ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 1 . ▁ ▁Sh ip ▁service ▁history ▁ ▁Ma iden ▁voyage ▁to ▁the ▁Pacific ▁When ▁the ▁vessel ▁arrived ▁in ▁Dun ed in , ▁New ▁Zealand ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 8 6 2 ▁after ▁a ▁four - month ▁journey ▁it ▁was ▁described ▁as : ▁ ▁The ▁Col on ist ▁left ▁the ▁T usc ars , ▁being ▁the ▁last ▁land ▁seen ▁on ▁the ▁British ▁coast , ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁of ▁December ▁last , ▁and . ▁under ▁all ▁the ▁circumstances , ▁may ▁be ▁considered ▁to ▁have ▁made ▁a ▁most ▁successful ▁voyage ▁out . ▁She ▁is ▁but ▁a ▁small ▁sch oon er , ▁of ▁only ▁ 1 0 5 ▁tons , ▁but ▁she ▁with stood ▁wonder fully ▁the ▁various ▁wind s ▁and ▁weather ▁which ▁she ▁encountered ▁in ▁the ▁different ▁lat itudes , ▁and ▁proved ▁herself ▁a ▁capital ▁little ▁vessel ▁in ▁sail ing ▁qual ities ▁and ▁otherwise . ▁In ▁the ▁trop ics ▁she ▁was ▁be cal med ▁for ▁about