Name Southern Cross Yard number 994 Launched 1933 | Namesake the Southern Cross Name Southern Cross Builder Cammell Laird | |
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Owner Melanesian Mission of the Anglican Church Fate Requistioned by Royal Australian Navy in 1941 | ||
HMAS Southern Cross was an examination vessel, stores and troop carrier of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the Second World War. Built in 1933 for the Melanesian Mission of the Anglican Church, she was requisitioned by the RAN on 29 March 1941 and commissioned on 18 June 1941.
Description
Southern Cross was a yacht that was launched as yard number 994 on 4 July 1933 by Cammell Laird & Company in Birkenhead, England. She had been ordered by the England-based Melanesian Mission Trust Ltd. Southern Cross was a 298-ton vessel that had a length between perpendiculars (LPP) of 34 m (112 ft), a beam of 8.7 m (29 ft) and was powered by a diesel engine.
References
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