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Aurora Australis is an Australian icebreaker. Built by Carrington Slipways and launched in 1989, the vessel is owned by P&O Polar, but is regularly chartered by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) for research cruises in Antarctic waters and to support Australian bases in Antarctica.
Type: Antarctic research and resupply vessel
Tonnage: 3,911 tonnes
Length: 94.91 m (311.4 ft)
Beam: 20.3 m (67 ft)
Draught: 7.862 m (25.79 ft)
Installed power: 2 x Wärtsilä diesels (V16 5,500 kW; V12 4,500 kW)
Propulsion: single left-hand-turning controllable pitch propeller, 3 manoeuvering thrusters
IMO : 8717283.
MMSI : 503043000
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