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Aurora Australis was decommissioned in 2020, amid attempts to retain the vessel in Hobart as a floating museum. [24] Although these efforts were unsuccessful, the ship's tender, Aurora Australis II, was acquired by the Aurora Australis Foundation with the aim of making it the centrepiece of an Australian Antarctic Museum. [25]
MV Aurora was a cruise ship built in Germany in 1955. After several changes of ownership and name, as of 2024 [update] she was moored in Stockton, California , United States, and was undergoing restoration until May 22 when she began to take on water and sink.
The ship was towed and beached. 33 people died while around 200 passengers were rescued. [51] 33 2012 Italy: Costa Concordia – The Italian cruise ship ran aground, capsized and sank in shallow waters on 13 January off the Isola del Giglio, killing 32 people (27 passengers and 5 crewmembers) out of 3,216 passengers and 1,013 crewmembers aboard. 32
Aurora is a mid-sized cruise ship, with an overall length of 270.0 metres (885 ft 10 in), moulded beam of 32.2 metres (105 ft 8 in) and draught of 7.90 metres (25 ft 11 in). Her gross tonnage is 76,152 and her deadweight tonnage is 8,486 tonnes. The ship can accommodate up to 1,878 passengers in 939 cabins, with a maximum crew complement of 936.
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 2016 Ship State Description USS Reuben James United States Navy: The decommissioned Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii by a Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) fired by the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (United States Navy).
An image released from 'The Last Cruise Ship.' (Courtesy of HBO/) The captain announced on Feb. 3, the final night of a roughly two-week cruise around Asia, that a Hong Kong resident who recently ...
Soviet cargo ship "Tixi" sunk with all of its crew during a storm in the Devils' Sea on March 22 en route from Australia to Japan. 45 1902 New Zealand: Elingamite – The ship, carrying a large consignment of gold, was wrecked off the north coast of New Zealand killing 45 people. The wreck is now favoured by adventurous divers for the drama ...
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