SY Aurora information

	SY Aurora anchored to floe-ice during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
History
United Kingdom
Builder	Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. Dundee, Scotland
Launched	1876
Fate	Declared lost by Lloyd's of London, 2 January 1918
General characteristics
Class and type	Steam yacht
Tonnage	580 grt; 380 nrt
Length	165 ft (50 m)
Beam	30.5 ft (9.3 m)
Draught	18.75 ft (5.72 m)
Propulsion	Compound Steam Engine; Cunliffe and Dunlop of Glasgow; 98 bhp;
Sail plan	Barquentine

SY Aurora was a 580-ton^[1] barque-rigged^[3] steam yacht built by Alexander Stephen and Sons Ltd. in Dundee, Scotland, in 1876,^[4] for the Dundee Seal and Whale Fishing Company. It was 165 feet (50 m) long with a 30-foot (9.1 m) beam. The hull was made of oak, sheathed with greenheart and lined with fir. The bow was a mass of solid wood reinforced with steel-plate armour. The heavy side frames were braced by two levels of horizontal oak beams. Its primary use was whaling in the northern seas, and it was built sturdily enough to withstand the heavy weather and ice that would be encountered there. That strength proved useful for Antarctic exploration as well and between 1911 and 1917 it made five trips to the continent, both for exploration and rescue missions.

^ ^a ^b Davis, John King, With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic, p. 177. London: Andrew Melrose. 1919.
^ The John Clemente collection of Tasmania postal history. Spink, London, 2016, p. 87.
^ A.L. Rice D.Sc. (1986) British Oceanographic Vessels 1800–1950. Minerva Press, Brentwood, Essex CM13 1TF p.16 ISBN 0903874 19 9
^ "Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee Yard-list". Maritime History Virtual Archives. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

[Davis-1] Davis, John King, With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic, p. 177. London: Andrew Melrose. 1919.

[spink-2] The John Clemente collection of Tasmania postal history. Spink, London, 2016, p. 87.

[3] A.L. Rice D.Sc. (1986) British Oceanographic Vessels 1800–1950. Minerva Press, Brentwood, Essex CM13 1TF p.16 ISBN 0903874 19 9

[4] "Alexander Stephen & Sons, Dundee Yard-list". Maritime History Virtual Archives. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

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History
SY Aurora anchored to floe-ice during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
United Kingdom
Builder	Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd. Dundee, Scotland
Launched	1876
Fate	Declared lost by Lloyd's of London, 2 January 1918
General characteristics
Class and type	Steam yacht
Tonnage	580 grt; 380 nrt^[1]
Length	165 ft (50 m)
Beam	30.5 ft (9.3 m)
Draught	18.75 ft (5.72 m)
Propulsion	Compound Steam Engine Cunliffe and Dunlop of Glasgow 98 bhp
Sail plan	Barquentine