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| Name: | USS Southern Cross |
| Registry: | NCC-1886 |
| Class: | Avenger (frigate) |
| Type: | heavy frigate |
| Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet |
| Status: | decommissioned (2304) |
The USS Southern Cross (NCC-1886) was an Avenger-class heavy frigate active in the 23rd century. (Starfleet International: Scott A. Akers, et al., Master Genealogy: Starfleet Region 11, Region 11 STARFLEET History)
Southern Cross was commanded by Captain R. J. Mitchell from 2283 to 2285, then Captain (later Rear Admiral) Jennifer Yates from 2285 to 2304.
Southern Cross was deployed to the Starfleet Eleventh Fleet for much of its operational lifetime, part of it as the fleet flagship.
Nomenclature[]
The ship was named after the SS Southern Cross (1886) (formerly a whaling vessel, the Pollux), a steam-powered Norwegian sea vessel that was the lead ship of an expedition commanded by Carsten Borchgrevink. During Earth's late 19th century, the Southern Cross Expedition was the first to over-winter on mainland Antarctica, the first to visit the Ross Ice Shelf (then known as the Great Ice Barrier), and the first to land on the Barrier's surface.
| Starships named Southern Cross |
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| USS Southern Cross (NCC-1376) - USS Southern Cross (NCC-1886) - USS Southern Cross (NCC-63550) |
| Avenger-class starships |
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| USS Amiens - USS Ardana - USS Avenger - USS Dardanius - USS Halcyon - USS Illustrious - USS Odin - USS Reliant - USS Resolution - USS Robert E. Lee - USS Sarpeidon - USS Shadowstar - USS Southern Cross - USS Yonada |
| Starfleet International: USS Avenger - USS Illustrious - USS Odin - USS Robert E. Lee - USS Shadowstar - USS Southern Cross |
Fan organizations[]
The Southern Cross was also a Starfleet International chapter based in Australia from 1983 to 2004.
A second chapter named Southern Cross was founded in 2007.