MV Aurora (2000)

Aurora at anchor in the Santorini basin, showing post 2014 livery.
History
Bermuda
Name	Aurora
Owner	Carnival plc
Operator	P&O Cruises
Port of registry	London, U.K. (2000–2007) Hamilton, Bermuda (2007–present)
Builder	Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany
Cost	$375 million
Yard number	640
Laid down	15 December 1998
Launched	18 January 2000
Christened	27 April 2000
Maiden voyage	1 May 2000
In service	2000–present
Identification	Call sign: ZCDW9 IMO number: 9169524 MMSI number: 310556000
Status	In service
General characteristics
Tonnage	76,152 GT 8,486 DWT
Length	270.0 m (885 ft 10 in)
Beam	32.2 m (105 ft 8 in)
Draught	7.9 m (26 ft)
Decks	10
Installed power	4 MAN B&W 14V48/60 14-cyl diesels 19,710bhp each. Approximate fuel consumption 300 litres per nautical mile at 24 knots.
Propulsion	Diesel-Electric
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Capacity	1,878 passengers (regular) 1,950 passengers (maximum)
Crew	850

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 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.^[1]