Aurora Australis (icebreaker)
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Aurora Australis arriving at Fremantle in 2016
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| Name: | Aurora Australis |
| Namesake: | Aurora Australis |
| Owner: | P&O Maritime Services |
| Operator: | P&O Polar |
| Builder: | Carrington Slipways, Tomago, New South Wales, Australia |
| Launched: | 18 September 1989 |
| In service: | 30 March 1990 |
| Homeport: | Hobart |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8717283 |
| Status: | In Service |
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| Type: | Icebreaker |
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| Displacement: | 8,158 tons |
| Length: | 94.91 m (311.4 ft) |
| Beam: | 20.3 m (67 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.862 m (25.79 ft) |
| Depth: | 10.43 m (34.2 ft) |
| Ice class: | LR 1A Super Icebreaker |
| Installed power: | Wärtsilä 16V32D (5,500 kW) and 12V32D (4,500 kW) |
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| Crew: | 24 |
| Aircraft carried: | Up to four helicopters |
| Aviation facilities: | Hangar and helideck |
Aurora Australis is an Australian icebreaker. Built by Carrington Slipways and launched in 1989, the vessel is owned by P&O Maritime Services, but is regularly chartered by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) for research cruises in Antarctic waters and to support Australian bases in Antarctica.
Designed as a multi-purpose research and resupply ship, Aurora Australis was built by Carrington Slipways in Tomago, New South Wales. The vessel was launched in September 1989.
Aurora Australis is 94.91 metres (311.4 ft) long, and has a beam of 20.3 metres (67 ft), draught of 7.862 metres (25.79 ft) and moulded depth of 10.43 metres (34.2 ft). Her displacement is 8,158 tons, gross tonnage 6,574 and deadweight tonnage 3,911 tons. Her propulsion machinery consists of two Wärtsilä medium-speed diesel engines in father-son arrangement, one 16-cylinder 16V32D producing 5,500 kW and one 12-cylinder 12V32D producing 4,500 kW. Both engines are coupled to a single shaft through a reduction gear, driving a single, left-hand-turning controllable-pitch propeller in a nozzle. Slow speed manoeuvring is achieved with three manoeuvring thrusters, one forward and two aft.Aurora Australis has a maximum speed of 16.8 knots (31.1 km/h; 19.3 mph), and a cruising speed of 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph). The vessel can break level ice up to 1.23 metres (4 ft 0 in) thick at 2.5 knots (4.6 km/h; 2.9 mph).
Aurora Australis is served by a crew of 24 and carry up to 116 passengers accommodated in three or four-bunk cabins with attached bathrooms. The ship has a cargo capacity of 1,700 cubic metres (60,000 cu ft) for break bulk or 29 twenty-foot equivalent containers, and a supply tank that can hold 1,000 cubic metres (35,000 cu ft) of fuel. The ship is fitted with laboratories for biological, meteorological, and oceanographic research, and was designed with a trawl deck for the deployment and recovery of research instruments while at sea. The ship's hangar and helideck allow for the operation of up to three helicopters, usually Eurocopter Squirrels or Sikorsky S-76s.
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