Editing MV Aurora (2000) (section)

{{Short description|Cruise ship}}
{{Other ships|MV Aurora}}
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = MV Aurora 2015-08-24 - Side.JPG
| Ship caption = ''Aurora'' at anchor in the Santorini basin, showing post 2014 livery.
}}
{{Infobox ship career
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| Ship name = ''Aurora''
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Bermuda|civil}}
| Ship owner = [[File:Carnival Corporation house flag.svg|border|20px]] [[Carnival plc]]
| Ship operator = [[File:P&O-house flag.svg|border|20px]] [[P&O Cruises]]
| Ship registry = *{{flagicon|Great Britain}} [[London, U.K.]] (2000–2007)
*{{flagicon|Bermuda}} [[Hamilton, Bermuda]] (2007–present)
| Ship route = 
| Ship ordered = 
| Ship builder = [[Meyer Werft]], [[Papenburg|Papenburg, Germany]]
| Ship original cost = $375 million
| Ship yard number = 640
| Ship way number = 
| Ship laid down = 15 December 1998
| Ship launched = 18 January 2000
| Ship completed = 
| Ship christened = 27 April 2000
| Ship acquired = 
| Ship maiden voyage = 1 May 2000
| Ship in service = 2000–present
| Ship out of service = 
| Ship identification = *[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]: ZCDW9
*{{IMO Number|9169524}}
*{{MMSI|310556000}}
| Ship fate = 
| Ship status = In service
| Ship notes = 
| Ship country = [[Bermuda]]
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Ship class = 
| Ship tonnage = *{{GT|76,152}}
*{{DWT|8,486}}
| Ship displacement = 
| Ship length = {{convert|270.0|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|32.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship height = 
| Ship draught = {{convert|7.9|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft = 
| Ship depth = 
| Ship decks = 10
| Ship deck clearance = 
| Ship ramps = 
| Ship ice class = 
| Ship sail plan = 
| Ship power = 4 [[MAN SE|MAN]] B&W 14V48/60 14-cyl diesels 19,710bhp each. Approximate fuel consumption 300 litres per nautical mile at 24 knots.
| Ship propulsion = Diesel-Electric
| Ship speed = {{convert|24|kn}}
| Ship capacity = *1,878 passengers (regular)
*1,950 passengers (maximum)
| Ship crew = 850
| Ship notes = 
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'''MV ''Aurora''''' is a [[cruise ship]] of the [[P&O Cruises]] fleet. The ship was built by [[Meyer Werft]] at their shipyard in [[Papenburg]], Germany. At over 76,000 tonnes, ''Aurora'' is the smallest and oldest of seven ships currently in service with P&O Cruises. She officially entered service with the company in April 2000 and was [[Ship naming and launching|named]] by [[Anne, Princess Royal]] in [[Southampton]], United Kingdom. ''Aurora'' was refitted in 2014, during which the ship was the first of P&O's ships to receive an updated British [[Union flag]] design on her bow and her funnel repainted from yellow to blue.<ref>{{cite web|title=P&O Cruises Unveils New Look|url=http://www.cruisecritic.co.uk/news/news.cfm?ID=5686|publisher=Cruise Critic|access-date=18 January 2014}}</ref>