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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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