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Aurora

	GUCC Fleet No.	221
	Class	Star
	Original Type:	Butty
	Known As	Small Woolwich
	Date Built	18.12.35
	Hull Construction	Steel Composite
	Registered	BREN 559
	Intended Paring	11

History

Stern is at Bristol Docks called Sheerwater. She was British Waterways hire boat in the1960's called Water Violet.

Factoids

No. 7 - Myrina The first supertanker to be built in the UK was the 190,000 dwt Myrina. Because the length of the ship (1,085 feet) could not be accommodated within the length of the largest shipyard slipway, the Myrina was constructed by sliding the after part of the vessel down the slipway, stopping it, and constructing the forward end on the vacated part of the slipway before finally launching.

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