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Name: SOUTHERN CROSS
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 17/05/1855
Completed: 1855
Builder: Gaddy & Lamb
Yard: Tyne Main, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 605grt, 591nrt, 145.0 x 29.7 x 19.3ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 26919
History:
1855 Bennett & Aspinall, London
by 1870 Simpson & Co, London
No later history known
Comments: Initially employed as a troop ship


North & South Shields Gazette, Friday, 25/05/1855