Aurora (ship, 2000)
 The Aurora after the 2014 renovation
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The Aurora is a cruise ship owned by the British-American Carnival Corporation & plc . It belongs to the fleet of the cruise brand P&O Cruises . The ship's home port is Hamilton .
history
The ship was built at the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg under construction number 640. The keel was laid on December 15, 1998. On January 18, 2000, the ship left the building dock. The Ems transfer took place on February 19, 2000. The delivery to P&O Cruises took place on April 15, 2000 in Southampton . On April 27, the ship was christened in Southampton by Princess Anne and put into service in Southampton on May 2, 2000. The ship sailed under the British flag with home port London .
In 2014, the ship was converted for 33 million euros at Blohm + Voss in Hamburg . Scrubbers were also installed and the ship received a new hull painting.
On the night of September 20-21, 2017, a fire broke out in the engine room near the Azores .
The ship has been registered in Bermuda since December 2007 , home port is Hamilton .
commitment
P&O Cruises uses the 4-star ship for worldwide cruises.
Technical data and equipment
The ship is powered by diesel-electric technology . The propulsion is provided by two STN / AEG electric motors, each with 20,000 kW power . The motors act on two fixed propellers . The ship reaches a speed of around 24 knots . It is equipped with two transverse thruster systems in the bow and one in the stern.
Electricity is generated by four MAN B & W - diesel engines (type 14V48 / 60) kW each with 14,700 capacity, the four ABB drive generators.
The Aurora has 14 decks , ten of which belong to the passenger area. There are 284 inside and 652 outside cabins, and the outside cabins also have 406 cabins with their own balcony.
The ship has all the facilities that are expected on board a modern cruise ship, including restaurants, bars, bistros, cinema, theater, shops, a library, casino, night club and discotheque, sports rooms and swimming pools, sauna and wellness offers.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lloyd's Register of Shipping (English).
- ↑ References - Cruise Ships. Meyer-Werft, accessed on February 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Aurora laid down. Press release. Meyer-Werft, December 15, 1998, accessed on September 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Pascal Quast: Ship portrait of the Aurora from P&O Cruises ( Memento from September 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), Schiffsjournal.de, July 26, 2015.
- ↑ Aurora. Facta om Fartyg, accessed May 9, 2012 (Swedish).
- ↑ New luxury ship from the Emsland. Press release. Meyer-Werft, April 15, 2000, accessed April 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Ems overpass of the Aurora. Press release. Meyer-Werft, February 18, 2000, accessed April 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Christian Eckardt: “Aurora” will drive cleaner in the future. In: Weser courier. December 19, 2014, accessed December 19, 2014 .
- ^ Daniela Pisano: La nuova livrea di Aurora di P&O. Crazycruises.it, December 17, 2014, accessed December 19, 2014 .
- ^ William Rimell: Blaze breaks out on Southampton-based Aurora cruise ship. In: Daily Echo. September 21, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017 .