| Name: | SOUTHERN CROSS |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 05/11/1873 |
| Completed: | 11/1873 |
| Builder: | JT Eltringham |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 31 |
| Dimensions: | 262grt, 139nrt, 135.2 x 23.7 x 9.0ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (18.5 & 36 x 24ins), 50nhp |
| Engines by: | Pattison & Atkinson, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.5knots; also schooner rigged |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 70189 |
| History: | |
| 11/08/1874 | Watts Bros, Napier, New Zealand |
| 1878 | Auckland Steam Ship Co Ltd, Auckland |
| 1881 | Union Steamship Co of New Zealand Ltd, Dunedin |
| 1897 | FCR Cramond, Papeete, Tahiti; renamed CROIX DE SUD |
| 1901 | Union Steamship Co of New Zealand Ltd, Dunedin; renamed SOUTHERN CROSS |
| 24/04/1906 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1881: Sold for £8500 |
| 1897: SOUTHERN CROSS chartered as CROIX DE SUD to comply with local subsidy law | |
| 1901: Used as a hulk | |
| 24/04/1906: Scuttled in the Cook Strait |
Above photo as SOUTHERN CROSS is copyright of the Alexander Turnbull Library