List of ships named Aurora

Many vessels have been named Aurora, generally for the Roman goddess of the dawn:

Mercantile

Aurora (1790 ship) was launched at Calcutta; she made two voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) and was lost circa 1822.
Aurora (1816 ship) was launched at Chittagong; she twice transported convicts to Australia and in 1840 brought immigrants for the New Zealand Company to Wellington, New Zealand; she was wrecked on 27 April 1840 after having landed her immigrants
SY Aurora, an 1876 steam yacht used for Antarctic exploration that made several Antarctic expeditions
SS Aurora, several steamships
MV Aurora, several Motor Vessels

HCS Aurora (1809) was a sloop-of-war launched at Bombay Dockyard for the Bombay Marine; she was still listed on the rolls of the Bombay Marine on 1 January 1828.
HMS Aurora, several Royal Navy ships
Russian cruiser Aurora, a 1900 key ship in the October Revolution
USS Aurora (SP-345), a U.S. Navy tug and minesweeper

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