| Name: | BLUE CROSS |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 11/02/1869 |
| Completed: | 03/1869 |
| Builder: | T & W Smith |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 36 |
| Dimensions: | 1075grt, 694nrt, 219.5 x 30.4 x 18.2ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl, 100nhp; (1877: CI2cyl (27 & 52 x 36ins), 110nhp) |
| Engines by: | (1877: Hawks, Crawshay & Sons, Gateshead) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 62312 |
| History: | |
| 03/1869 | T & W Smith, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle |
| 1882 | Thomas E Smith, Newcastle |
| by 1887 | Robert Taylor, Dundee |
| 1888 | Registered at Dundee |
| 14/01/1889 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 1877: New engine & boilers |
| 14/01/1889: Wrecked near Visby | |
| On a voyage from Reval to London with a cargo of oats |
Above image courtesy of George Robinson