| Name: | SOUTHERN CROSS |
| Type: | Mission Ship |
| Launched: | 11/02/1903 |
| Completed: | 05/1903 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 738 |
| Dimensions: | 683grt, 403nrt, 184.0 x 30.0 x 16.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (14, 22 & 37 x 30ins), 117nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw and rigged as a 3-masted auxiliary schooner |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 118276 |
| History: | |
| 14/05/1903 | Cecil Wilson, Bishop of Melanesia, London / Norfolk Island |
| 1915 | Cecil J Wood, Bishop of Melanesia, London / Norfolk Island |
| 1930 | Frederick M Molyneaux, Bishop of Melanesia, London / Solomon Islands |
| 03/1933 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Designed to be sail powered but with an auxiliary engine |
| 03/1933: Broken up by Auckland Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Auckland, NZ |
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Shields Daily News, Friday, 13/02/1903