Southern Cross 1 was a schooner of 100 tons, built by Messrs. Wigram of Blackwall Yard, England in 1855; for £1,500. She arrived in New Zealand on 19 July 1855, and she was wrecked on 18 June 1860 at the mouth of the Ngunguru River, New Zealand, during an easterly gale.
The Southern Cross 1 was a small sailing vessel of 100 tons, built by Wigram's shipyard in England in 1855 for £1,500. It sailed to New Zealand and met its fate on June 18, 1860, when it was destroyed in a storm at the entrance to the Ngunguru River.